page_title: Philippe Cousteau
section_title: Piloting
hierarchical_section_title: Philippe Cousteau / Piloting
caption_attribution_description: English: Philippe Cousteau piloting PBY, Lake Victoria, Uganda, July 1978
context_page_description: Philippe-Pierre Cousteau was the second son of Jacques Cousteau and Simone Cousteau, a diver, sailor, pilot, photographer, author, director and cinematographer specializing in environmental issues, with a background in oceanography.
  Philippe Cousteau was proficient filming from the air, on land and underwater. He was the lead cinematographer for most of the Cousteau films during his lifetime; he was nominated for and won several awards.
context_section_description: Philippe Cousteau was a highly experienced pilot. He earned his glider pilot license at the age of 16 and went on to obtain pilot credentials to fly balloons, hang gliders, single- and multi-engine airplanes and seaplanes, gyrocopters and helicopters.
  He acquired a PBY Catalina seaplane in 1974. The amphibious aircraft was a converted U.S. Navy Catalina flying boat. Christened the Flying Calypso, the aircraft was in many of the Cousteau films and the home base for Cousteau's team.
caption: Philippe Cousteau piloting PBY, Lake Victoria, Uganda, July 1978
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