Consolidated PBV-1A Canso A, Catalina, Canadian Vickers, Reg. G-PBYA, Alternate Serial No. 433915, Serial No. CV-283, Display Paint: U.S. Air Force, Aircraft Name: Miss Pick Up, observation blisters, amphibious, close-up pilot view, overhead view, aerial view, air-to-air, UK Warbirds 2023

This combination of close-up and overhead aerial perspectives shows the Consolidated PBV-1A Canso A amphibious patrol aircraft, civil registration G-PBYA, serial CV-283, flying at UK Warbirds 2023. Painted in U.S. Army Air Forces rescue colors as 'Miss Pick Up', the Canadian Vickers-built variant of the PBY-5A Catalina has a parasol wing, twin radial piston engines with propellers, hull fuselage, and observation blisters for maritime patrol operations.