Tag: Amphibious Aircraft

Howard Hughes Sikorsky S-43 Lands at Fantasy of Flight

Kermit Weeks and his team from Fantasy of Flight in Polk City, Florida, spent about…

Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina a Definite Maybe for Warbirds Over Wanaka 2014

One of the crowd favorites at the biennial Warbirds Over Wanaka International Airshow, held in…

Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina Found in Puerto Rico is Australia Bound

The Rathmines Catalina Memorial Park Trust (RCMPT), after a worldwide, seven-year search, located and purchased…

Howard Hughes Sikorsky S-43 Heading to Fantasy of Flight Collection in Florida

This week, Kermit Weeks of Fantasy of Flight of Polk City, Florida will be heading…

Veteran Grumman Albatross Senselessly Destroyed in Italy

On May 17, 2013, a Grumman HU-16 Albatross displayed by the Museo dell’Aria del Castello…

Canadians Band Together to Save and Restore a Consolidated PBY Canso

What started out as six farmers from Fairview, Alberta looking to save a piece of…

Canadian Vickers PBV-1A Flies from South Africa to its New Home in San Diego

Canadian Vickers PBV-1A Canso N427CV (the registration number is apparently a nod to the plane's…

Worlds Oldest Consolidated PBY Catalina Returns to the Air

The Stichting Neptune Association’s Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, PH-PBY, flew for the first time in more…