| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | N101CS |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Consolidated 28 Catalina |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Consolidated PBY Catalina |
| Aircraft Version: | Consolidated PBY-6A Catalina |
| C/n (msn): | 2142 |
| Aircraft Name: | Calypso |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Long Beach - Daugherty FieldMap |
| Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: KLGB IATA: LGB Local: LGB Other: - |
| Photo Date: | March 1976 |
| Photo by: | Jay Sherlock |
| Photo ID: | 412936 |
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Delivered to the US Navy as serial 64071. While operated by the Cousteau Society, this aircraft was destroyed in the River Tagus, Portugal, on 28 Jun 1979 when it nosed down and flipped inverted during a high speed water taxi, causing the wing to separate and the fuselage to break in two. This photo is copyright © Jay Sherlock, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 17 November 2021, and has since been viewed 427 times. |