There has been a surprising amount of news about Catalinas around the world since my last report, some of which is quite significant. This report is adapted from the version include in the latest edition…
David Legg30th November 2022
A guided tour around G-PBYA from back in 2013. Enjoy! Source: YouTube TangoSix
Mike Pinder13th February 2021
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…
Mike Pinder13th February 2021
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…
Mike Pinder12th February 2021
This feature is taken from the latest edition of The Catalina News, the hard-copy magazine that is mailed to all subscribed members of The Catalina Society – see the memberships tab on this website for…
David Legg5th June 2020
Plenty to report on again in this edition, the most significant news being the move from Europe to the USA by two airworthy survivors. The trans-Atlantic delivery flights of PBY-5A PH-PBY and Canso A N9767…
David Legg1st November 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
