Non-motoring > Catalina Circuit of Britain Recreation	Miscellaneous
Thread Author: Crankcase	Replies: 30

New Wed 14 Aug 13 11:42   Catalina Circuit of Britain Recreation - Crankcase

I post this www.cambridge-news.co.uk/News/Pilots-to-recreate-Circuit-of-Britain-Flight-100-years-on-20130814100438.htm partly because I expect some here might be interested, and partly because although I know nothing about aeroplanes, the comments would appear to imply the accompanying picture is..well..wrong. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 14 Aug 13 12:03   Catalina Circuit of Britain Recreation - Zero

Yeah, the problem there is they have posted a picture of a Spitfire, and not that of a Consolidated PBY Catalina which is MUCH bigger and really very different, as it is in fact a Seaplane! Hell of a plane the Catalina, fabulous thing. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 14 Aug 13 12:07   Catalina Circuit of Britain Recreation - No FM2R

Last time I was in Duxford the owners of the Catalina were looking for volunteer maintenance/preparation assistance in return for going with it on its trips. Seemed like one hell of a deal to me. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 14 Aug 13 12:10   Catalina Circuit of Britain Recreation - Bromptonaut

Picture is at Duxford where the Cat is based but as Z says the machine shown is a Spitfire. This is a Catalina upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Catalina_Aviodrome.JPG And the subject machine's website is: www.catalina.org.uk/our-catalina-g-pbya Last edited by: Bromptonaut on Wed 14 Aug 13 at 12:12 Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 14 Aug 13 15:32   Catalina Circuit of Britain Recreation - Slidingpillar

Odd and silly really. No shortage of photos of the plane and it is beautiful in a different way. I've always like seaplanes and one with wheels is a bit like having your cake and eating it. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 14 Aug 13 20:12   Catalina Circuit of Britain Recreation - Armel Coussine

>> a bit like having your cake and eating it. Catalina wasn't the only amphibious aircraft (although I agree with Zero that it was a very nice one). I didn't fly in the days when air transport was still a luxury. The US had Constellations and Super Constellations but we at first had Sunderland flying boats... took a lot of fuel to get those off the water. They were terrifically classy. Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 15 Aug 13 07:28   Catalina Circuit of Britain Recreation - Ian (Cape Town)

Armel, the Sunderland was the military version of the Empire Flying boats. After the war, many were converted to Sandringhams. For a fascinating story on the subject of flying boats, read Corsairville - Imperial ditch one in Congo Belge, then go and salvage it, employing hundreds of locals at a penny a day to build a dam so they can get enough water to fly the thing out again. taylorempireairways.com/tag/flying-boats/ Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 14 Aug 13 20:37   Catalina Circuit of Britain Recreation - Kevin

>I've always like seaplanes and one with wheels is a bit like having your cake and eating it. The owners of G-PBYA aren't too keen on water operations, especially seawater. It increases the maintenance costs. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 14 Aug 13 20:27   Catalina Circuit of Britain Recreation - Meldrew

Strictly speaking a Catalina is an amphibian. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 14 Aug 13 21:11   Catalina Circuit of Britain Recreation - Zero

>> Strictly speaking a Catalina is an amphibian. >> Strictly speaking it was offered as a seaplane only version as well. Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 15 Aug 13 07:21   Catalina Circuit of Britain Recreation - Ian (Cape Town)

Even stricter - the original PB design flew as a flying boat in 1935, and the amphibian version was only ordered by the US Navy in 1939. *aviation pedantry mode off* Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 14 Aug 13 19:21   Catalina Circuit of Britain Recreation - Kevin

A friend and (now retired) workmate is part owner of G-PBYA. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 14 Aug 13 23:07   Catalina Circuit of Britain Recreation - legacylad

Last Monday we walked out of Plymouth en route to our first camp at Newton Ferrers on the SW Coast Path. Passing by Mount Batten we read the info boards and learnt a fair bit about the Flying Boat base there. Several types had been based there, the last being the Short Sunderland, if my memory is correct. Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 15 Aug 13 08:33   Catalina Circuit of Britain Recreation - Ambo

I only caught the tail end of an announcement but I believe the Catalina will be shown flying on a programme on BBC2 on Weds 21st. at 7 p.m., perhaps with the presenter on board. Empire Airways used Poole Harbour as a base and I believe the original control "tower" is still there, on the top floor of the marina hotel. There is (or was) a grounded Sunderland at Calshot, on Southampton Water. Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 15 Aug 13 19:06   Catalina Circuit of Britain Recreation - Ambo

Sorry to have mislead you. I thought the programme was a weekly series but the second instalment is on RIGHT NOW. Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 15 Aug 13 19:13   Catalina Circuit of Britain Recreation - Ian (Cape Town)

Name of the show, please! *oooAaaaarrrr, Jimlad!* Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 16 Aug 13 09:06   Catalina Circuit of Britain Recreation - Ambo

The show is called "Dig WW2 With Dan Snow", second of three progs. I recorded this one and haven't seen it yet. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 16 Aug 13 09:22   Catalina Circuit of Britain time table of fly past - henry k

projecthawker2013.com/schedule/ Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 16 Aug 13 09:34   Catalina Circuit of Britain time table of fly past - Zero

Wow thanks for that Henry, clearly we both get two good chances to see it. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 16 Aug 13 09:39   Catalina Circuit of Britain time table of fly past - henry k

>> Wow thanks for that Henry, clearly we both get two good chances to see it. >> Local ( Kingston) press had details but not online. Google search saved me typing details. Am looking forward to seeing it again. ( X 2). So many around the UK and Ireland also get a chance to view it. I hope the press publish details. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 16 Aug 13 14:39   Catalina Circuit of Britain time table of fly past - Kevin

>Wow thanks for that Henry, clearly we both get two good chances to see it. Due to fly over Reading in about ten minutes from now, specifically our building on Shinfield Road, to give his old workmates a flypast. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 16 Aug 13 14:50   Catalina Circuit of Britain time table of fly past - Focusless

>> Due to fly over Reading in about ten minutes from now, specifically our building on >> Shinfield Road, to give his old workmates a flypast. Wild guess - ECMWF? Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 16 Aug 13 14:53   Catalina Circuit of Britain time table of fly past - Zero

Early Closing, Monday Wednesday & Friday, Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 16 Aug 13 14:55   Catalina Circuit of Britain time table of fly past - Alanovich

>> Wild guess - ECMWF? >> Subway. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 16 Aug 13 19:57   Catalina Circuit of Britain time table of fly past - Kevin

>Subway. Hi Alanović. You didn't come in for your Chicken & Bacon Ranch Melt today. No worries, I'll save it till Monday. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 16 Aug 13 20:16   Catalina Circuit of Britain time table of fly past - Alanovich

Cool. Have the kebab shop next door deep fry it for me and get us some chips set up. Cheers. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 25 Aug 13 17:23   Catalina Circuit of Britain time table of fly past - crocks

Thanks for the link Henry. From another link on that site I tracked its progress today as it flew along the south coast towards the Isle of Wight, and I could see it was on schedule. So I cycled over to Hook and joined about a hundred other people waiting near Harry Hawker's grave. It arrived only a couple of minutes behind schedule and turned over the church to head towards the Sopwith factory in Kingston. It was flying a bit too high to make it a real photo opportunity. But I was glad I made the effort to be there. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 25 Aug 13 17:37   Catalina Circuit of Britain time table of fly past - Zero

Just been out for a dog walk and a coffee at MB world at Brooklands, where we sat in the sun and watched it come over - pretty low. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 25 Aug 13 17:45   Catalina Circuit of Britain time table of fly past - henry k

>>So I cycled over to Hook and joined about a hundred other people waiting near Harry Hawker's grave. It arrived only a couple of minutes behind schedule and turned over the church to head towards the Sopwith factory in Kingston. I was the only bod standing on the roundabout above the Hook A3 underpass and had a good view of it flying over and then turning to Kingston. I took some pics and daughter took some video for me. Good to see it make the round trip. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 17 Aug 13 08:48   Catalina Circuit of Britain Recreation - Ian (Cape Town)

Thanks. Looks very good. Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 22 Aug 13 19:24   Catalina Circuit of Britain Recreation - Zero

www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVaQPg6Yvos Reply to this message | Report message