Thread:JeielYozama/@comment-26517142-20190602114114/@comment-25808351-20190629212756

I’ve always been a history buff and lover of the old. Appreciation for where you came from helps you find who you are. My biggest love is for old machines. Raw horsepower vehicles built to be the best for their specific jobs. You guys know where I’m going with that. Planes are absolutely the coolest part of the past next to tanks. And once you’ve touched the sky in one of those old beauties it’s hard to let go.

Thankfully Pennsylvania has the Reading Air Museum and stock the oldies there. I mean look at this thing!

That is a PBY Catalina. That was used as a long range recon plane in the Pacific theater of WW2. Those ladies were so great at their job, that a special unit called “The Black Cats” was formed. The Black Cats painted their PBYs black and outfitted then with as many guns as they could carry. The Black Cats did all manner of night recon as well as raids on enemy targets, even going to hostile zones to pick up fleet survivors adrift at sea in hostile zones.

Easily one of the most unique planes ever made in times of war and it was a thrill to see it this at WW2 weekend.

Believe me Jeiel, I’m there with you. History is an awesome subject to delve into and it’s enlightening to say the least.