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…
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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…
Video clip of Plane Sailing’s Catalina Starting-up at LKCV Caslav Open Day in 2009. Video: Teflon490 at Youtube
Consolidated PBY Catalina displaying at the Barcelona Airshow 2010, Festa al Cel. Via: Amicale Jean-Baptiste Salis
Info about the musical from the organisers: “Help us create an original a cappella musical, inspired by true stories from our family history, to perform at the Minnesota Fringe Festival in August, 2011. Tight vocal…
Plane Sailing’s Catalina PBY-5A, based at Duxford in the United Kingdom, is among the most impressive World War II aircraft still flying in Europe today. Thanks to its size, it has a presence which few…
Our Catalina at the Scalaria Air Challenge 2008 More information about the event here.
The June 2008 edition of FlyPast is a Catalina special and features five articles devoted to the type including two by our Catalina News Editor David Legg, one on our Duxford-based White Cat and the…
Aeroplane Magazine – January 2008 The January 2008 edition of Aeroplane magazine featured the Catalina in its regularDatabase feature. Twenty pages are devoted to the Cat’, all written by our Catalina News Editor David Legg….
Including footage and commentary on: The Walney Island Airshow The Shoreham Airshow The Buckingham Palace Flypast The Catalina Society Dinner & Presentation To buy a copy please see our online Gift Shop. Produced by: Chris…
Top Cat Keeping a WW2 amphibian in the air In increasingly challenging times for historic aviation in the UK, how do you keep an iconic World War Two flying-boat in the air -and how do…
A Big Cat Visits the Jungle By Paul Warren Wilson Published: 21 April, 2006 Print Paul Warren Wilson “Safety boat from Catalina, downwind to land” They obviously hear us, they are very excited, they have…
