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…
David Legg29th October 2009
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
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,…
David Legg7th November 2008
Our Catalina at the Scalaria Air Challenge 2008 More information about the event here.
Mike Pinder5th September 2008
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
The June 2008 edition of FlyPast is a Catalina special and features five articles devoted to the type including two by our Catalina News Editor David Legg, one on our Duxford-based White Cat and the…
Mike Pinder5th May 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
Aeroplane Magazine - January 2008 The January 2008 edition of Aeroplane magazine featured the Catalina in its regularDatabase feature. Twenty pages are devoted to the Cat', all written by our Catalina News Editor David Legg.…
Mike Pinder16th April 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
Including footage and commentary on: The Walney Island Airshow The Shoreham Airshow The Buckingham Palace Flypast The Catalina Society Dinner & Presentation To buy a copy please see our online Gift Shop. Produced by: Chris…
Mike Pinder16th October 2007
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
