(deleted acct) on Nostr: This reminds me of the old PBY Catalina, which really should be back in production, ...

This reminds me of the old PBY Catalina, which really should be back in production, incidentally. They were retired in like 1952 but Canada kept using them effectively for forest fires until I think 2017, when the maintenance guy got too old and the parts/repair chain was wearing thin.