World Catalina News

Yet again there is plenty to report in the way of PBY happenings around the world.  In fact, this really is a bumper edition so fasten seatbelts and off we go. ...to Rand in South…

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…

By the time I had finished the May 2007 edition, I was beginning to think that Catalina happenings around the world were starting to quieten down a little. How wrong could I be! If anything,…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…