Low-flying Catalina

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Some of you may have heard of the setbacks of the Dutch Catalina PH-PBY - the oldest flying one in the world - suffered earlier this year. First an engine failure, and then a nose wheel up landing. A freshly overhauled engine was acquired and the nose wheel damage is repairable, but the down time has led to a reduction in flight hours available for revenue flight. The damages plus the loss of revenues has brought the association operating PH-PBY in serious financial difficulties.

In short: they need your help - please consider donating towards keeping this Cat in the air! Contact the Association via their website https://catalina-pby.nl/en/ . They have various options to make donating as easy as possible.

Thanks in advance!

- Hanno

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[Hanno Spoelstra]

PBY-5A BuNo.48317 with registration 16-212 - see the top of this thread - it the last surviving Catalina which served with the Dutch armed forces.

Last summer a project started to restore her to static condition - read more here: "Sole Surviving Dutch Navy PBY Catalina Begins Restoration at Nederlands Transport Museum".

The Netherlands Transport Museum is located in the former Fokker Services buildings in Nieuw-Vennep, the Netherlands.

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