David Legg

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…

As usual, we bring you the latest Catalina news from around the globe, adapted from the version published in the most recent edition of The Catalina News magazine. Sadly, news from ‘down under' about The…

Events around the world continue to keep me busy updating individual Catalina histories and once again there is no shortage of things to report on in this edition. Firstly, some European news.  The US-registered, former…

There is no imminent danger of this column being discontinued as the world's surviving population of Catalinas continues to generate news.  Indeed, two items in the last issue were out of date by the time…

As usual, The Catalina News brings readers a round-up of what has been happening around the world to the surviving population of Catalinas and is adapted from the article with the same name in The…

Activity in the world of surviving Catalinas around the globe continues unabated and once again there is plenty to report, mostly of a positive nature although, as will be seen, some projects are badly in…

For an old aeroplane, it is surprising how much activity and news it is still possible to report on in each issue of The Catalina News!  This web version of World Catalina News is adapted…

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…

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…