By Mike Pinder
Published: 16 October, 2007 PrintEmail
This documentary marks the first flying season from 2005/2006 for the Catalina G-PBYA in it's new colour scheme and follows on from the resurrection for the Catalina on the first DVD 'Tales of a Cat'.
David Horobin - 7 July, 2008 Great to see the Catalina, but the music!! oh dear no,I wanted to hear the engines.Just leave out the dam music, There is a time and place
David Horobin - 7 July, 2008 Good Video,can do with out the music. I wouldnt get bored honestly
Tony Barry - 22 July, 2008 I noticed that your landing was at a rather high rate of speed, is this because the Aeroplane has no flaps or is it to do with stalling or something else ?
M Reid - 28 February, 2011 Catalina?!?! A shame to deny this Canso's Canadian heritage and pretend it has a USAF heritage. Canada gave so much to Britain in both World Wars.
By Mike Pinder
Published: 22 April, 2007 PrintEmail
Watch this exclusive video footage of our Catalina performing one of four water landings on Lake Geneva during the run up to the Geneva Classics Exhibition in October 2006. It was the first time a flying boat had landed on the lake since 1948!
Jean Christophe Polet (France) - 18 May, 2007 "Come to fly with us"...
Thanks for this trip. Here we can appreciate the bright and wide open blisters.
I went to Geneva in 1964, when I was just a kid.
benedick rayner - 18 June, 2007 Not only was the music great but the Cat excelled herself and we didn't seem to get too wet. A thrilling ride.
Charlie Pyles - 24 June, 2007 I enjoyed your movie. I shot photos of this bird in Canada August 1991 with Avalon Aviation titles. It's great to see these old birds brought back to life. 35mm slides will be in eBay store this week. search for coldspringcharlie on eBay to see them.
Ian (UK) - 9 July, 2007 Absolutely brilliant!
Michael Manthey - 14 August, 2007 I thank you for this front-row-seat experience of Catalina in her treu element. I enjoyed the great filming and very smooth handling of the camera. You really made us feel beeing onboard...
John R Dagg ex 162BR SQDN 1944 - 3 October, 2007 Thank You for sending The sounds and scenery are great Brings back a lot of memories Reykjavik Iceland 1944and 45
BenR, Lancashire - 6 October, 2007 Thrilling video of a beautiful aircraft. Thanks!
Kevin Giles - 2 July, 2008 Oh WOWWwww... Until I ever get the chance to do it for real, thanks guys.
Marcelo Matarazzo - Buenos Aires - 27 May, 2010 Thanks for sharing these images. A dream that I hope to do some time ... flying a Catalina.
Congratulations on your choice of music, perfectly accompanied by the landscape.
Capt. G. W. Olsen - 23 March, 2007 Wonderful story beautifully written.
GW
Captain Nelson Monteiro - Apr. 03rd, 2007 - 3 April, 2007 No words when I see a Catalina Photo. Drops roll on my face. I love them, really.
Riemke - 12 June, 2009 Great to read this, as I was one of the contestants of this wonderful trip. I have joined the part from Fernando de Noronha to Rio and experience the engine problems in Rio.
By Paul Warren Wilson
Published: 19 April, 2006 PrintEmail
"The Catalina In Her Element"
Marina di Venezia, Rimini, Riccione, Viareggio, Forte dei Marmi..... the place names sound like an extract from an up-market Italian holiday brochure. But the next two months promise to be no holiday. During July and August, we have no less than fifty landings to make, just off the beach at all the major Italian tourist resorts. The plan is to use the Catalina as a promotional vehicle for Peroni, arriving each morning as if by magic, showing off the ever-impressive lines of the aircraft (and the corporate logo) before touching down a few hundred yards off the beach, taxiing up to a mooring buoy and having our young Italian hostesses hand out free samples of Peroni's Nastro Azzurro beer from the rear fuselage blisters!
Keith Hill - 5 December, 2006 Are you returning to Italy in 2007? I am interested in joining you for a day. I work on minor aviation development in Arctic areas for the Scott Polar Institute Cambridge. Also speak fluent Italian if that is useful (25 years there)
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Great to see the Catalina, but the music!! oh dear no,I wanted to hear the engines.Just leave out the dam music, There is a time and place