White Catalina

Very interesting photos Mark12!

Getting back to the White Cat, here she is landing at Zoersel in 1993 or thereabouts.

I, personally, prefer silver Cats over white ones. :diablo: Especially this fully airworthy Dutch machine PH-PBY. Pics of it during the first public outing at Lelystad in September last year.

Greetz,
Aerovet

Oh, I just hope this returns to Duxford for Legends in this scheme. We may even get two Catalinas in formation. :rolleyes:

“I mean this most sincerely folks”

Here is a shot of perhaps the first Catalina on the British Register G-APZA.

Somehow the ‘bush telegraph’ told us that this was at Croyden and off we all pedalled.

My understanding at the time was that it belonged to Hughie Green of TV’s ‘Opportunity Knocks’ fame.

These are further negatives from the ‘biscuit tin’ and I note are 35mm. These would be perhaps from my first roll on my new ‘Agimatic’ camera circa 1960. My dad had taken me over to Edgware to this cheap camera shop run by a guy called Stanley Kalms. I think he went on to bigger things founding a chain called ‘Nixons’ or something similar.

Mark

PH-PBY in its previous colourscheme

When she first appeared, she was flown under her Canadian registration. Later on the registration PH-PBY was applied and some small changes were made: blisters installed, rudder painted orange.

Correct, she was camouflaged with orange triangle markings before overhaul

Was PH-PBY at Duxford some years ago, at the Classic Fighters Show (pre-Legends days)?
Seem to remember one being there in Dutch colours, instead of Plain Sailings Cat.

For anybody interested in Catalinas, Stuart Powney is doing a talk about ‘Plane Sailing’ and their involvement with them on the 27th Jan at Sywell- somebody out there probably has more precise details.

I prefer silver Cats

I, personally, prefer silver Cats over white ones. :diablo: Especially this fully airworthy Dutch machine PH-PBY. Pics of it during the first public outing at Lelystad in September last year.

Greetz,
Aerovet

Dont know if this shortcut will work but show this Cat in a way very few people have seen

http://www.punchbaby.com/media/gitfakt/clips/funny/fishing.wmv

Obviously staged, but dramatic none the less. Interesting to note no flaps for the landing.

Next questions are when, where and why ?

You never seen the Spielberg film, Always?? 😮 This is at the start of it.

I haven’t seen it in years!

Obviously staged, but dramatic none the less. Interesting to note no flaps for the landing.

As far as I know the Cat doesn’t have flaps.

Czech this out – The Velvet Revolution

Even the President of the Czech Republic, Vaclav Havel, got to ride in the Catalina at the Roudnice show in 1993. 😎

His security guys however didn’t seem too pleased about it. 🙂

Mark

And thats why you should only use Champion spark plugs 😀
Phil.

Its not a very good advert for a certain brand out outboard motor either !!!

Dont know if this shortcut will work but show this Cat in a way very few people have seen

http://www.punchbaby.com/media/gitfakt/clips/funny/fishing.wmv

Obviously staged, but dramatic none the less. Interesting to note no flaps for the landing.

Next questions are when, where and why ?

And thats why you should only use Champion spark plugs 😀
Phil.

Dont know if this shortcut will work but show this Cat in a way very few people have seen

http://www.punchbaby.com/media/gitfakt/clips/funny/fishing.wmv

Obviously staged, but dramatic none the less. Interesting to note no flaps for the landing.

Next questions are when, where and why ?

The Greenpeace cat in 2001, before and after repaint. She flew out not long after the repaint picture was taken.

Is this the same plane?
Phil.

White Cat

Up where she belongs
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WATER BONGS

Does anyone know the current status of either Catalina?
I was down at Lee On Solent on the 30th December, and could see, from the main road, both Cat’s outside.
The ex-Plain Sailing one still without the wing, and I couldn’t see much of the ex-Greenpeace one except for the wing and the rudder.

Originally posted by Hatton
will they operate both aircraft in tandem? Would be very expensive but ill be happy as it would mean we would have three airworthy Catalinas on the circuit 😀

Yeah, probably call them the “Catamarang duo” !:p

And the sponsored scheme: