Author Topic: PBY sinks off of Flora-Bama, Nick Cage involved. (Read 5075 times)

just Warren · « **on:** June 30, 2015, 09:31:54 PM »

It's in like five feet of water so it's recoverable. Still though this is yet another indication that having Cage around is just asking for problems.

Andiron · « **Reply #1 on:** June 30, 2015, 09:36:00 PM »

Least they can float it. Cool old war bird.

Doesn't Jimmy Buffett have a flying boat of some kind? Can't remember where I read it.

Fly320s · « **Reply #2 on:** June 30, 2015, 09:37:01 PM »

Quote from: Andiron on June 30, 2015, 09:36:00 PM

Least they can float it. Cool old war bird.

Doesn't Jimmy Buffett have a flying boat of some kind? Can't remember where I read it.

He did. I think he sank his, too.

Jamisjockey · « **Reply #3 on:** June 30, 2015, 10:34:44 PM »

JB sank a Widgeon

http://www.buffettworld.com/widgeon-seaplane-crash/

Hemisphere Dancer is the Albatross he has/had. He was shot at by the Jamaican police coming in to land in Nigril.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemisphere_Dancer
Sadly, it hasn't flown since 2003.

He's also had a Lake that he flew for a while.

Andiron · « **Reply #4 on:** June 30, 2015, 10:50:12 PM »

Quote from: jamisjockey on June 30, 2015, 10:34:44 PM

JB sank a Widgeon

http://www.buffettworld.com/widgeon-seaplane-crash/

Hemisphere Dancer is the Albatross he has/had. He was shot at by the Jamaican police coming in to land in Nigril.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemisphere_Dancer
Sadly, it hasn't flown since 2003.

He's also had a Lake that he flew for a while.

Ah, thanks.

Didn't know he crashed the Widgeon, The Albatross was the one I'd read about. Just a neat plane.

MechAg94 · « **Reply #5 on:** July 01, 2015, 12:10:32 AM »

PBY? Peanut butter and..?.....nevermind I guess. Gotta read the link.

HankB · « **Reply #6 on:** July 01, 2015, 12:34:04 AM »

Quote from: Andiron on June 30, 2015, 09:36:00 PM

. . . Cool old war bird . . .

Indeed.

I always did think it was a good looking plane.

BlueStarLizzard · « **Reply #7 on:** July 01, 2015, 07:33:37 AM »

... Why aren't they using a reproduction?

Jamisjockey · « **Reply #8 on:** July 01, 2015, 08:51:15 AM »

Quote from: Andiron on June 30, 2015, 10:50:12 PM

Ah, thanks.

Didn't know he crashed the Widgeon, The Albatross was the one I'd read about. Just a neat plane.

Were I to win the lottery, I'd get my license just so I could have an albatross and fly to neat places with gin clear waters.

Ben · « **Reply #9 on:** July 01, 2015, 09:27:01 AM »

Quote from: jamisjockey on July 01, 2015, 08:51:15 AM

Were I to win the lottery, I'd get my license just so I could have an albatross and fly to neat places with gin clear waters.

Not me! I'd get me this plane and a one-eyed dog.

Tallpine · « **Reply #10 on:** July 01, 2015, 11:21:50 AM »

Quote from: MechAg94 on July 01, 2015, 12:10:32 AM

PBY? Peanut butter and..?.....nevermind I guess. Gotta read the link.

Catalina. Great old WW2 flying boat. Twin engine with the wing mounted up on top of a conning tower like thing.

TommyGunn · « **Reply #11 on:** July 01, 2015, 12:25:38 PM »

Quote from: bluestarlizzard on July 01, 2015, 07:33:37 AM

... Why aren't they using a reproduction?

Do they even make reproductions??

HankB · « **Reply #12 on:** July 01, 2015, 12:58:40 PM »

Quote from: Ben on July 01, 2015, 09:27:01 AM

Not me! I'd get me this plane and a one-eyed dog.

And the gold monkey?

roo_ster · « **Reply #13 on:** July 01, 2015, 01:20:13 PM »

Love the old twin engine flying boats with landing gear. Definitely my "If I win the lottery and buy an airplane" objective.

Nick Cage....

I recall he popped up around the same time as Leonardo DiCaprio. Over time, LDC earned my respect as an actor. In a similar fashion, Cage has not.

BlueStarLizzard · « **Reply #14 on:** July 01, 2015, 03:31:47 PM »

Quote from: TommyGunn on July 01, 2015, 12:25:38 PM

Do they even make reproductions??

One would think Hollyweird could make at least a few for filming.

freakazoid · « **Reply #15 on:** July 01, 2015, 03:52:28 PM »

They have one at the San Diego Air and Space Museum. It's impressive.

BlueStarLizzard · « **Reply #16 on:** July 01, 2015, 04:22:18 PM »

Quote from: roo_ster on July 01, 2015, 01:20:13 PM

Love the old twin engine flying boats with landing gear. Definitely my "If I win the lottery and buy an airplane" objective.

Nick Cage....

I recall he popped up around the same time as Leonardo DiCaprio. Over time, LDC earned my respect as an actor. In a similar fashion, Cage has not.

Ummm... Nick Cage has been around a bit longer than DiCaprio. In fact, they hit with major movies about a decade apart.

roo_ster · « **Reply #17 on:** July 01, 2015, 05:21:06 PM »

Quote from: bluestarlizzard on July 01, 2015, 04:22:18 PM

Ummm... Nick Cage has been around a bit longer than DiCaprio. In fact, they hit with major movies about a decade apart.

Very possible. The first LDC movie I recall was Romeo & Juliet in, IIRC, 1996. The first Nick Cage movie I recall was the awful Apache helicopter movie.

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Yep, about ten years apart in age. About 8 years apart in first movies. Not sure which movie of which actor would be considered the one that got them big name recognition.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000138/?ref_=nv_sr_1
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000115/?ref_=nv_sr_2

Romeo & Juliet: 1996
Firebirds: 1990

Still not a Cage fan.

First movie I though LDC did well was The Aviator. Now, talk about a cool flying boat! Howard Hughes had a Sikorsky S-43...in which he taught a young Katherine Hepburn to fly.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky_S-43

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Two aircraft went to private owners: Harold Vanderbilt and Howard Hughes. Hughes' S-43 N440 remains the last example of this aircraft type flying [1]. It is now owned by Kermit Weeks and has been relocated from Texas to the restoration facility at the Fantasy of Flight Museum in Polk City, Florida where it is awaiting reassembly and restoration.

TommyGunn · « **Reply #18 on:** July 01, 2015, 05:26:43 PM »

Quote from: bluestarlizzard on July 01, 2015, 03:31:47 PM

One would think Hollyweird could make at least a few for filming.

C.G.I. would be cheaper.....or even models and trick photography.

BlueStarLizzard · « **Reply #19 on:** July 01, 2015, 05:27:24 PM »

Cage's second movie Fast Times at Ridgemont High was big. Leaving Las Vegus was a huge cult hit.

Early DiCaprio would be What's Eating Gilbert Grape (when he initially made a name for himself as a future actor to watch) and than Basketball Diaries.

The reason I know this is because I was the right age when DiCaprio was a Teen Beat heartthrob.

BTW, hugely recommend What's Eating Gilbert Grape. It's a bit odd, but great movie. DiCaprio plays Depps younger, mentally retarded brother. He was only in his early teens at the time. Great performance.

freakazoid · « **Reply #20 on:** July 01, 2015, 05:40:36 PM »

Quote from: bluestarlizzard on July 01, 2015, 05:27:24 PM

Cage's second movie Fast Times at Ridgemont High was big. Leaving Las Vegus was a huge cult hit.

Early DiCaprio would be What's Eating Gilbert Grape (when he initially made a name for himself as a future actor to watch) and than Basketball Diaries.

The reason I know this is because I was the right age when DiCaprio was a Teen Beat heartthrob.

BTW, hugely recommend What's Eating Gilbert Grape. It's a bit odd, but great movie. DiCaprio plays Depps younger, mentally retarded brother. He was only in his early teens at the time. Great performance.

I had seen that movie when I was younger and didn't know who those actors even were. Pretty good.

Tallpine · « **Reply #21 on:** July 01, 2015, 06:24:39 PM »

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I was the right age when DiCaprio was a Teen Beat heartthrob.

So you are about the same age as Lindsey Hallie-Annie Lohan

(it's a Parent Trap 1998 reference

)

BlueStarLizzard · « **Reply #22 on:** July 01, 2015, 06:32:56 PM »

Quote from: Tallpine on July 01, 2015, 06:24:39 PM

So you are about the same age as Lindsey Hallie-Annie Lohan

(it's a Parent Trap 1998 reference )

Okay, I was a little older than that.

Plus, my Teen Beat phase only lasted a few months in middle school. By the time I hit HS I was saving the pictures to use as targets.

Plus, the reason I loved The Basketball Diaries was because DiCaprio gets the crap beaten out of him. (And it was a good movie)

Tallpine · « **Reply #23 on:** July 01, 2015, 06:47:00 PM »

Quote from: bluestarlizzard on July 01, 2015, 06:32:56 PM

Okay, I was a little older than that.

Plus, my Teen Beat phase only lasted a few months in middle school. By the time I hit HS I was saving the pictures to use as targets.

Plus, the reason I loved The Basketball Diaries was because DiCaprio gets the crap beaten out of him. (And it was a good movie)

That's okay. I had never heard of the beautiful Leonardo DiCaprio until I saw Parent Trap on VHS well after 1998. How far away is Montana anyway?

Northwoods · « **Reply #24 on:** July 02, 2015, 01:12:38 AM »

Cage is only in Hollyweird because he's the nephew or something of Francis Ford Coppola.

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Author Topic: PBY sinks off of Flora-Bama, Nick Cage involved. (Read 5075 times)