Low-flying Catalina

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally posted by Hanno Spoelstra
Luckily, the Neptune Association is working hard on getting the only other Catalina in the Netherlands airworthy again.

I'm happy - and proud - to announce the Catalina PBY Association has put back a Catalina in the Dutch skies! It took 4½ years, one million Euro's, and a lot of volunteer effort, but now this ex-Cat Air PBY-5A is flying again under full JAR-certification. No mean feat, as the civial aviation authorities in the Netherlands are not really fond of old aircraft flying around our skies. Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina PH-PBY (c/n 300) was built in 1941 and is the only flying Catalina on the European mainland.

http://www.catalina-pby.nl/photos/wa...ees-Hensen.jpg
Source: http://www.catalina-pby.nl

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina PH-PBY (c/n 300) was built in 1941 and is the only flying Catalina on the European mainland.

Here's a picture of her at Rotterdam, taking off from the Maas river. Picture courtesy of KTR-member Pieter van Wijngaarden: