Catalina Aircraft to Revive WWII Aircraft Production

[pilottravis]

Alright, who's down for a shared ownership in a seaplane??

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/ne...n&cvid=56282fb799714509bb718d42b3f5177b&ei=32

 

[BMWTurboDzl]

As a kid I always wanted a Grumman G-21 Goose.

 

[wwillson]

Home page: https://catalinaaircrafttrust.com/ngaa-home

Turbine powered, of course. The civilian version would be very useful in Canada and Alaska.

 

[wings&wheels]

Good luck to them. 62kt 'low speed entries', impressive for its weight.

 

[rekit]

Got me one already!

 

[ecotourist]

Got me one already!

Very nice.

Landing with the pontoons extended must be really tricky. If it's not horizontal you could touch a pontoon with - interesting - consequences.

We were looking at an original Catalina/Canso yesterday. I was told they retracted the pontoons when landing.

 

[Jackson_Slugger]

I'm surprised they're still in business, thought they'd of been consolidated by the General Dyanmics-Borg...

 

[Cujet]

I really don't know who their customers will be. Seaplane operation is fraught with corrosion and wave risk. Maybe they can re-open the Marine Air Terminal at LGA, in NY.

 

[wpod]

Alright, who's down for a shared ownership in a seaplane??

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/ne...n&cvid=56282fb799714509bb718d42b3f5177b&ei=32

I will go for any aircraft with a bathroom .

 

[wpod]

I went of a Cessna type of sea plane ride. That took off at Sausalito California it wasn't a whole lot different that a runway take off but the water was smooth. I seems that some aircraft designs just plain work.

 

[nomas]

The Catalina was a workhorse . Reconnasiance , anti submarine , search and rescue , etc.

 

[TheLastWord]

Marked for reference

 

[Hotel55]

Love it! My Grandfather (Mom's dad) was a waistgunner on a Marine PBY in WW2...

 

[wemay]

One of the most beautiful aircraft every made IMHO.

 

[BusyLittleShop]

Consolidated PBY Catalina is a pre war 1930 design whereas the Grumman Albatross is improved post war 1940 design...

Fleetwood Mac made a song about it...


Jimmy Buffet had one equipped as a flying Winnebago...

Mary and I inside the McClellan Albatross