I am delighted to say that this edition of World Catalina News is pretty upbeat with plenty of good news from around the world. Please note that this article is taken from the hard copy…
Yet again we have a surprising amount of news about surviving Catalinas around the globe. What was to be our opening ‘good news’ story rapidly turned into the complete opposite as widely reported in the…
There is a real mixture of news for this edition so without further ado, here it is! The most significant news in Europe is the departure from England of PBY-5A N423RS. Only flown three times…
In the many years that I have been writing this column the number of airworthy Catalina survivors has decreased somewhat. Back in the mid-80s there were still quite a few Catalinas engaged in water bombing…
Here is the latest news from around the world regarding surviving Catalinas. Not for the first time, the news is dominated by Catalinas in Australia. The most exciting news is confirmation that another survivor exists,…
There never seems to be any let-up in world-wide Catalina even though the number of airworthy examples is currently at its lowest level for many years. My detailed list of Catalina survivors may be downloaded…
After the rather downbeat nature of our last bulletin when I reported on the final demise of a couple of Catalina airframes, this current report is rather more optimistic in nature and includes news of…
The following article is an extract from the Autumn/Winter 2012 edition of The Catalina News magazine which is sent to all members of The Catalina Society. World Catalina News, as the title suggests, brings readers…
As usual, we bring you the latest Catalina news from around the globe, adapted from the version published in the most recent edition of The Catalina News magazine. Sadly, news from ‘down under' about The…
Events around the world continue to keep me busy updating individual Catalina histories and once again there is no shortage of things to report on in this edition. Firstly, some European news. The US-registered, former…
There is no imminent danger of this column being discontinued as the world's surviving population of Catalinas continues to generate news. Indeed, two items in the last issue were out of date by the time…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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