| Re: Very unusual aircraft Posted by Clan Line at 21:53, 10th September 2025 |     |
I lived in Eastleigh many moons ago, the controllers at that time were dab hands at getting unusual aircraft in the vicinity to do a fly by at the airport, it seems to current crew are following in that path ................
| Re: Very unusual aircraft Posted by TonyK at 20:13, 10th September 2025 | |
Lovely photo, and a fascinating story in that link.
I was given an Airfix kit of a Catalina when I was about 8, which I've almost finished, and developed a fascination for the type. I've never seen one in the flesh, although I have been to Catalina Island, a very nice place. I see that particular aircraft is now in Jersey, where it did four 9-minute flights after arrival from Duxford yesterday afternoon. Alas, I have prior appointments.
| Very unusual aircraft Posted by Clan Line at 16:25, 10th September 2025 | |
I was sitting having a coffee at Southampton Airport yesterday, when this suddenly appeared - flying low and slow along the runway. I grabbed my camera and managed to get a couple of reasonable shots of it.
It didn't appear on FlightRadar24, so resorted to a web search - found it eventually. Never knew that this aircraft existed in the UK.
https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/catalina-flying-boat-gpbya-history-miss-pick-up
