Photo: David Legg Get yourself a seat on the Catalina & feel the thrill of 2,400 hp of Pratt & Whitney radial engines – a unique and exclusive opportunity to experience the sights, smells and…
Mike Pinder24th August 2011
As usual, The Catalina News brings readers a round-up of what has been happening around the world to the surviving population of Catalinas and is adapted from the article with the same name in The…
David Legg16th December 2010
Activity in the world of surviving Catalinas around the globe continues unabated and once again there is plenty to report, mostly of a positive nature although, as will be seen, some projects are badly in…
David Legg1st June 2010
For an old aeroplane, it is surprising how much activity and news it is still possible to report on in each issue of The Catalina News! This web version of World Catalina News is adapted…
David Legg29th October 2009
Yet again there is plenty to report in the way of PBY happenings around the world. In fact, this really is a bumper edition so fasten seatbelts and off we go. ...to Rand in South…
David Legg5th June 2009
First a brief reminder that this column is taken with slight variations, from The Catalina News, the magazine received by paid-up members of The Catalina Society. The magazine itself is full of articles devoted to…
David Legg25th February 2009
By the time I had finished the May 2007 edition, I was beginning to think that Catalina happenings around the world were starting to quieten down a little. How wrong could I be! If anything,…
David Legg7th November 2008
The latest round-up of Catalina happenings around the globe. As usual, this feature is based on the original version published in The Catalina News, the journal of The Catalina Society and written by magazine Editor,…
David Legg2nd September 2008
Yet again I seem to have been able to produce an article full of news about surviving Catalinas and changes to that population – not bad for an aircraft whose remaining examples are all now…
David Legg1st May 2008
We now have in stock this beautifully hand-carved, hard wood model of the Catalina painted in our current air show scheme. Representing 44-33915 sophisticat one of several USAF OA-10A catalina amphibians operated by the 5th…
Mike Pinder1st February 2008
More updates on what has been happening recently in the world of surviving Catalinas. Here in the UK, the future of PBY-5A N423RS looks somewhat uncertain. It has been in open storage at Lee on…
David Legg1st February 2008
In this latest round-up, I have added in a couple of extra items about Catalina relics and associated artefacts at the end. Perhaps the latter can become a more regular feature? But first an update…
David Legg1st May 2007
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…
Mike Pinder22nd April 2007
There is still no shortage of news to bring you on the world of surviving Catalinas – indeed, as I put together the items for this latest review, even I was surprised at how much…
David Legg1st February 2007
