There never seems to be any shortage of news about Catalinas from around the world so here is what has been going on since the last edition of our printed magazine (The Catalina News magazine…
David Legg10th June 2024
Many surviving Catalinas around the world are now, or about to be, 80 years old although some will have to wait until next year. For such an old aircraft, there is still plenty of news…
David Legg13th July 2023
There has been a surprising amount of news about Catalinas around the world since my last report, some of which is quite significant. This report is adapted from the version include in the latest edition…
David Legg30th November 2022
There is no let-up in Catalina activity worldwide so without further ado, let’s go!.... The late Wilson ‘Connie’ Edwards was well known as a somewhat swashbuckling US warbird owner, one of the pilots that came…
David Legg5th June 2022
In this latest bumper round-up of news about Catalinas around the world, we feature aircraft as far afield as Russia, Australia and New Zealand, Canada and the USA. The article is reproduced from the latest…
David Legg23rd November 2021
As always, there is news to report from around the world although our column is fairly short this time. Do contact the Editor if you have any news to report. Our Catalina Society website hosts…
David Legg25th May 2021
This feature is taken from the latest edition of The Catalina News, the hard-copy magazine that is mailed to all subscribed members of The Catalina Society – see the memberships tab on this website for…
David Legg5th June 2020
Plenty to report on again in this edition, the most significant news being the move from Europe to the USA by two airworthy survivors. The trans-Atlantic delivery flights of PBY-5A PH-PBY and Canso A N9767…
David Legg1st November 2019
Here is the latest news concerning surviving Catalinas around the world including a number of examples for sale at present with a range of price tags. Catalina Society member Peter Marson visited the United States…
David Legg25th May 2019
Here is the latest helping of news concerning Catalinas worldwide. This summary is copied from Issue 90 of The Catalina News, the magazine of The Catalina Society. Why not sign up to receive this 24-page…
David Legg19th December 2018
Nothing stands still in ‘Catalina-world’ so here are the latest happenings from around the globe..... The first significant news concerns the PBY-6A HK-2115P which has sat forlornly in open storage at Villavicencio in central Colombia…
David Legg22nd May 2018
More than 30 years have passed since The Catalina News magazine started and I am now writing about surviving Catalinas that are at least 74 years old, some a little older. There is still plenty…
David Legg19th November 2017
There has been a flurry of activity in the world of Catalina survivors since our last edition, many of them actually former RCAF Canso As, so here is an update. Perhaps the most exciting news…
David Legg11th June 2017
Once again there is plenty to report on in this update so here goes. Close to home, at least for UK members, is some not so good news which briefly got some heated press on…
David Legg21st January 2017
