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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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
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…
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…
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…
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