# I've always wanted one of these... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 4, 2010, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-always-wanted-one-of-these/552620 "2010-09-04T20:22:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-always-wanted-one-of-these/552620/1 "2010-09-04T20:22:13Z")
[PBY-5A Catalina](http://www.controller.com/listingsdetail/aircraft-for-sale/CONSOLIDATED-VULTEE-PBY5A/CONSOLIDATED-VULTEE-PBY5A/1177314.htm). Also [one of these](http://www.controller.com/listingsdetail/aircraft-for-sale/BELL-AH-1G/BELL-AH-1G/1174413.htm). ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-always-wanted-one-of-these/552620/2 "2010-09-04T20:40:50Z")
If I were rich, that PBY would be mine. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-always-wanted-one-of-these/552620/3 "2010-09-04T23:46:40Z")
Have you seen the “Black Cat” program on the History Channel? (BTW- I love the condition “Used”- well you would sort of expect that from a near 70 year old aircraft). ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2010, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-always-wanted-one-of-these/552620/4 "2010-09-05T00:08:55Z")
I saw the ‘Black Cat’ episode once, a long time ago. My love for the PBY goes back to when I was a kid and had a model of one, one was parked at MYF, and one was featured on _The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau_. Yes, I saw the ‘used’ and was going to come back and comment on it. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2010, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-always-wanted-one-of-these/552620/5 "2010-09-05T01:41:17Z")
I want the most Art Deco plane ever: the [Northrop Gamma.](http://www.aerofiles.com/north-gamma2a.jpg) (with modern CCTV added) You know those Tex Avery cartoons where the oil millionaire drives a Dusenberg three blocks long? This is the plane he’d fly. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2010, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-always-wanted-one-of-these/552620/6 "2010-09-05T01:46:10Z")
F8F Bearcat and F7F Tigercat And Billie Piper ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2010, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-always-wanted-one-of-these/552620/7 "2010-09-05T03:19:49Z")
I guess it’s hubris, but I’ve always wanted one of [these](http://www.genv.net/files/team_avatars/earth%20picture.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2010, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-always-wanted-one-of-these/552620/8 "2010-09-05T03:36:47Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > F8F Bearcat and F7F Tigercat [Bring your checkbook](http://www.controller.com/listingsdetail/aircraft-for-sale/GRUMMAN-F8F-2-BEARCAT/GRUMMAN-F8F-2-BEARCAT/1129907.htm). > [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I guess it’s hubris, but I’ve always wanted one of [these](http://www.genv.net/files/team_avatars/earth%20picture.jpg). Where would you keep it? ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2010, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-always-wanted-one-of-these/552620/9 "2010-09-05T03:42:43Z")
P-40 B preferred but I’ll take any type someone is willing to donate to me. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2010, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-always-wanted-one-of-these/552620/10 "2010-09-05T03:44:36Z")
I’m thinking about 90 million miles from the sun. There’s lots of open space. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2010, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-always-wanted-one-of-these/552620/11 "2010-09-05T03:47:17Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > P-40 B preferred but I’ll take any type someone is willing to donate to me. Would you settle for a [P-40K](http://www.controller.com/listingsdetail/aircraft-for-sale/CURTISS-P-40K/CURTISS-P-40K/1150260.htm)? And yeah, I’d gladly accept anything with an airworthiness certificate should someone wish to make a donation. . ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2010, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-always-wanted-one-of-these/552620/12 "2010-09-05T03:50:08Z")
[http://www.controller.com/](http://www.controller.com/) is where I’m finding the planes for sale. If there’s anything else you’ve always wanted, I’ll leave it for you to dig up the pics. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2010, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-always-wanted-one-of-these/552620/13 "2010-09-05T03:51:56Z")
Ok, if I have to pick an airplane rather than the air it flies through, it would be a [FW-190D](http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Focke-Wulf_Fw_190D-9_outside_USAF.jpg), ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2010, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-always-wanted-one-of-these/552620/14 "2010-09-05T03:57:23Z")
Doesn’t have to be an aircraft. But everyone knows it’s what I want, so that’s what I put in the OP. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2010, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-always-wanted-one-of-these/552620/15 "2010-09-05T04:11:30Z")
Having googled for beautiful aircraft, I came across the [Bugatti Model 100](http://www.eaa.org/news/2009/images/Bugatti_static.jpg), the only racing aircraft they ever made. Never saw it before, and I gotta say it’s the coolest looking plane I’ve ever seen, except maybe for of couple of Rutan designs. And it just a couple hours drive away. I’ve been to the Oshkosh air show a couple of times, but never to their museum. A [couple](http://www.airventuremuseum.org/images/collection/aircraft/Bugatti%20Model%20100%20Racer-1.jpg) [more](http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1229/934201899_958ccc8de7.jpg) pics. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2010, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-always-wanted-one-of-these/552620/16 "2010-09-05T04:17:18Z")
That’s one of the most beautiful planes I’ve ever seen! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2010, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-always-wanted-one-of-these/552620/17 "2010-09-05T04:22:03Z")
With this vintage aircraft, do they have to be bought up to today’s safety standards to be permitted to fly? I always wonder when I see WW 1 vintage aircraft restored and flown, but I doubt that they would have the power to fit much more stuff to them. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2010, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-always-wanted-one-of-these/552620/18 "2010-09-05T04:24:43Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > With this vintage aircraft, do they have to be bought up to today’s safety standards to be permitted to fly? With the possible exception of the Bugatti, they all have airworthiness certificates. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2010, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-always-wanted-one-of-these/552620/19 "2010-09-05T05:06:20Z")
I like the PBY but there are some models that have a sort of set of ‘bubble’ windows on the fuselage behind the wings. (for observers?) [Here is one I’d love to have.](http://www.controller.com/listingsdetail/aircraft-for-sale/NORTH-AMERICAN-B-25-MITCHELL/NORTH-AMERICAN-B-25-MITCHELL/1173463.htm) But I can’t find a P-38 for sale. ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2010, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-always-wanted-one-of-these/552620/20 "2010-09-05T05:26:38Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > F8F Bearcat and F7F Tigercat Saw [both](http://gallery.me.com/andykeck#100137/_DSC4067&bgcolor=black) of [those](http://gallery.me.com/andykeck#100137/_DSC3995&bgcolor=black) today… > [@Zebra](#): > > I like the PBY but there are some models that have a sort of set of ‘bubble’ windows on the fuselage behind the wings. (for observers?) > [Here is one I’d love to have.](http://www.controller.com/listingsdetail/aircraft-for-sale/NORTH-AMERICAN-B-25-MITCHELL/NORTH-AMERICAN-B-25-MITCHELL/1173463.htm) Saw those too ([B-25](http://gallery.me.com/andykeck#100137/_DSC4132&bgcolor=black)today, [PBY](http://gallery.me.com/andykeck#100137/IMG_0898&bgcolor=black) a while back) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-always-wanted-one-of-these/552620.md?page=2)