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From: ted@bcsaic.UUCP (ted jardine)
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: Re: Was it something I said?
Message-ID: <153@bcsaic.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 10-Jun-85 00:14:02 EDT
Article-I.D.: bcsaic.153
Posted: Mon Jun 10 00:14:02 1985
Date-Received: Wed, 12-Jun-85 07:04:21 EDT
References: <759@ssc-vax.UUCP> <511@ucsfcgl.UUCP> <469@cepu.UUCP>
Reply-To: ted@bcsaic.UUCP (ted jardine)
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Organization: Boeing Computer Services AI Center
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Summary: 

In article <469@cepu.UUCP> scw@cepu.UUCP (Stephen C. Woods) writes:
>...
>OK, folks here's one that'll get the ball rolling (and fill my mailbox too). 
>
>In my considered opinion the most beautiful A/C ever made is the
>Consolidated Catalina (PBY-4, PBY-5). ...

Well, well, well!!!  After all these years (16 as a CFI-AI) I finally find
someone who not only knows what a Catalina is (PBY-4/5) but actually likes
them!  I can definitely second the nomination for the PBY Catalina as a very
beautiful aircraft.  But then I recognize I am prejudiced, particularly
since my ambition in life is to outfit a Catalina as a mobile home, including
lab and library, and investigate meteorological variations in the islands and
continents of the world.