Would you like to spend a few hours getting to know how you can become closely involved with the operation of a famous, historical, airworthy aircraft? We have successfully operated our wonderful Catalina Miss Pick Up…
Wonderful footage of PBY-5A 'Miss Pick Up' at Cosford Air Show in 2022 starting up, displaying and shutting down. Taken in 4K by UK Aviation Movies. Thanks for uploading the video.
Many of you will recall that after Miss Pick Up’s engine failure on Loch Ness in October 2020, the Catalina and its crew were rescued by the volunteer team from the Loch Ness RNLI Lifeboat…
An in-depth history of the evolution of the PBY Catalina and other flying boats of the era, their roles, capabilities and people behind them. An essential watch if you're interested in flying boats in general.…
PBY Catalina Patrol Aircraft (Battle Stations): Second World War Documentary - WW2 Documentary The Consolidated PBY Catalina, also known as the Canso in Canadian service, is an American flying boat, and later an amphibious aircraft…
Check out this PBY Catalina documentary by the Naval Aviation Museum On Thursday, August 6, tune in as LCDR Robert “Kim” Sheldon, USN (Ret.) spotlights the Museum's PBY Catalina. Leave your questions and comments in…
As promised, we are pleased to announce that our new range of greeting cards has arrived and are now available for sale in The Catalina Society shop. These cards are printed on high quality card…
Joel Spencer was one of the students we flew to Greenland in our Catalina. Here is their story. The Challenge Operation World First was a four-week long expedition to East Greenland that took place in in July…
The sad story of the breakup of N85U during attempted salvage in Florida whilst being used during filming for an upcoming WWII movie. FOX10 News | WALA
This new 3D interactive panoramic tour allows you to view the cockpit of our Catalina. You can click and zoom and there is a full screen mode (the symbol in the bottom right of the…
** Editor's Note: The following BBC report refers to the Paris-based Catalina N9767 that appeared with our own Catalina at the Fermanagh flying boat event late last summer. See the World Catalina News January 2012…
Veterans of the World War II have gathered at a former RAF base in Northern Ireland to mark the return of two Catalina aircraft. The flying boats played an important role in the war, most…
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