First a brief reminder that this column is taken with slight variations, from The Catalina News, the magazine received by paid-up members of The Catalina Society. The magazine itself is full of articles devoted to…
David Legg25th February 2009
World Catalina News
Exclusive PBY World news by David Legg
The latest round-up of Catalina happenings around the globe. As usual, this feature is based on the original version published in The Catalina News, the journal of The Catalina Society and written by magazine Editor,…
David Legg2nd September 2008
Yet again I seem to have been able to produce an article full of news about surviving Catalinas and changes to that population – not bad for an aircraft whose remaining examples are all now…
David Legg1st May 2008
We now have in stock this beautifully hand-carved, hard wood model of the Catalina painted in our current air show scheme. Representing 44-33915 sophisticat one of several USAF OA-10A catalina amphibians operated by the 5th…
Mike Pinder1st February 2008
More updates on what has been happening recently in the world of surviving Catalinas. Here in the UK, the future of PBY-5A N423RS looks somewhat uncertain. It has been in open storage at Lee on…
David Legg1st February 2008
In this latest round-up, I have added in a couple of extra items about Catalina relics and associated artefacts at the end. Perhaps the latter can become a more regular feature? But first an update…
David Legg1st May 2007
Watch this exclusive video footage of our Catalina performing one of four water landings on Lake Geneva during the run up to the Geneva Classics Exhibition in October 2006. It was the first time a…
Mike Pinder22nd April 2007
There is still no shortage of news to bring you on the world of surviving Catalinas – indeed, as I put together the items for this latest review, even I was surprised at how much…
David Legg1st February 2007
There is still plenty going on in the world of surviving Catalinas to report in our regular round-up of news. This latest offering has been adapted from the September 2006 edition of The Catalina News.…
David Legg20th October 2006
News & Press from the Geneva Classics exhibition at Palexpo. Click here to view '20 Minutes' PDF article. Click here to view 'Tribune de Geneve' PDF article. Click here to view 'Le Matin' PDF article.…
Mike Pinder15th October 2006
I have been writing about Catalinas for a long time now but I never cease to be amazed at the continuing activity in the world of Catalina ‘survivors’. This section of the Catalina Society website…
David Legg5th May 2006
