Yesterday, I wrote about the PV-1 Ventura plane my father flew when he served in the Navy. I mentioned that Dad had a story about his plane being shot down, the pilot landing on the water, and knowing from training he only had x-amount of seconds to get the life raft out before the plane submerged. Last night, I watched a video about the aircraft, and at this point in the video, it states, “The plane had poor buoyancy, and when forced to land on the water, it did not stay on the surface for more than 30 to 40 seconds.”
The image at the top of today’s post is a painting of the PV-1 in action bombing a sub, which I mentioned was a mission of my father and his crew. I think I will purchase a print or canvas copy of it, but I can’t decide which one and what size.
Years ago I had trouble finding any good information or pictures about the PV-1 Ventura. It’s still a little challenging, but one surprising source was Twitter. I found all sort of neat stuff about the aircraft on there.
I saw a local story on one of the Regal Cinemas in the area in which the side walls of the theater also serve as a movie screen, but I can’t find it. But here’s stuff on it from Regal’s website what they call ScreenX. You can currently watch Dune 2 on it. This technology provides moviegoers with a 270-degree panoramic viewing experience by expanding the screen onto the side walls of the auditorium.
