All Cats ar grey in the dark…

Here is one of Jerry Yagen’s Catalina at North Weald prior to departrure to the USA last Summer.

PBY/Canso

Here are a few shots from my collection of PBY/Cansos Taken in their natural setting ! The picture date back to 1984 and the anniversary crossing of the Atlantic by the PBy and the Canso. The Canso ultimately crashed on its arrival in the UK.
I think both aircraft are still owned by W(Connie) Edwards in Texas.

MRP

well the Black at -s N287 owned by Charlie Clements in Florida
The Dainish one is at Cosford

G-BLSC/Dan Air/white one are all the ex plane sailing machine.
(Dan Air people added the blisters at Manchester when if first arrived in the UK)
N423RS ex Greenpeace now at Lee-on-solent.

Thanks for the contributions chaps.

Anyone game to guess the Cats I’ve posted? Or shall I just number them off? Feel free to ‘vote’!

Any more? Can we get a good sample of the World’s Catalinas?

Cheers

Here is another black one at Sun’n’fun this year

Dan-Air Cat resting in the twilight.

Regards,

Paul

…and the 2nd is EC-FMC at Ocana,Spain early April this year

2 more nice yellow cats. first is EC-EVK taken at Cuatro Vientos,Spain earlier this month.

Yes, well done that man.

A true ‘sports car of the air’?!:D

And you are right MarkV – a very reasonable warbird / workhorse…

Thanks a lot for the tip, otherwise i would never have found it.

The GAF Pika!

Originally posted by JDK
They weren’t always valuable you know!

They are not (comparitivley) valuable now either.

Hi Arthur,
A clue – the pic is taken in australia, and the a/c type in question is better known without a pilot…

If you haven’t got it by tomorrow pm, (UK time) I’ll tell ya!

Cheers

James (or anyone else),

On pic 9 (with the green Cat) there is a dodgy little jet-like thingie in the upper right corner, behind the Harvard’s wing. Any clues as to what that is?

TIA.

Originally posted by JDK
Because it was a cheap way of making a boat, the alternative being to scrap the Cat. They weren’t always valuable you know!

Damn right James – and we must remember that the sole surviving Supermarine Southampton is here today because someone bought it and did a very similar thing to it!

15) But in the end, you come back to white…

Anyone able to call ALL those Cats?

14) Or if looking for sponsorship, you’ve really got to have a fag company, and a snazzy scheme…

13) If you don’t like white, overall silver anyone?

12) But then you can go for sponsorship. Dan Dare anyone?

11) Sometimes it’s too early for paint.

10) Grey and blue (with a dash of red…)