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World Catalina News – June 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

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World Catalina News – December 2018

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

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World Catalina News – June 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

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World Catalina News – November 2017

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

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World Catalina News – June 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

Special Event for Future Catalina Shareholders

Would you like to spend a few hours getting to know how you can become closely involved with the operation of a famous, historic and airworthy aircraft? The Duxford-based Catalina Miss Pick Up has become a very…

David Legg15th April 2017

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World Catalina News – January 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

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World Catalina News – June 2016

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…

David Legg16th June 2016

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World Catalina News – November 2015

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…

David Legg11th November 2015

Press & Video

Operation World First Greenland with Worksop College 2015

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…

Mike Pinder3rd September 2015

Press & Video

Sad end to N85U

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

Mike Pinder30th August 2015

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World Catalina News – July 2015

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…

David Legg31st July 2015

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World Catalina News – December 2014

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…

David Legg7th December 2014

Press & Video

3D Panoramic Cockpit View of G-PBYA

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…

Mike Pinder21st October 2014

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World Catalina News – July 2014

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,…

David Legg16th July 2014