Moggy – can I correct you. ‘Plane Sailing’ has not “launched an appeal for a replacement engine”. We have one and it is already installed as per DaveB’s observation above. A shakedown flight is due tomorrow. What we have done is invited people to help defray the cost of the engine changeover and repairs to the faulty engine by joining the Catalina Society and at the same time reaping the benefits of membership. You also say that (regarding our attendance at the DX September show) “the Catalina has to be in doubt”. The team of dedicated volunteers that work on the Catalina under the supervision of our engineer Garry Short have worked very hard indeed to ensure that we missed the minimum number of shows due to the recent engine change. We are booked for a show in France this weekend so, barring any unforeseen circumstances, Duxford in September should not be a problem.