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Catalina production to restart as a turboprop.
Catalina Aircraft, holder of the Type Certificates for the 28-5ACF Catalina, today announced on Jul. 25, 2023 during Oshkosh AirVenture the rebirth of the iconic and legendary Catalina as the Catalina II Amphibious Turboprop. A production re-start program has been formalized for the Next Generation Amphibious Aircraft (NGAA) Catalina II twin turboprop amphibious flying boat, and the company is preparing to take pre-orders as part of the turboprop production re-start program (theaviationgeekclub.com) More...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Great to see this classic reborn. Just hope it has a better sales record than the Super DC-3. Fair skies and ceilings unlimited!
like the douglas dc-3, the catalina is a timeless design that will fly just fine with turboprops, just a wee bit faster than its ancestors in WW2 and after.DC-3 has upgraded to turboprops and is a monument to forward thinking and genius design. So too this amphibian masterpiece.
Very cool! Now if only Boeing would restart production of the 314 (the famed PanAm Clipper)!
Now if Boeing could only re-start production on a new 737
I think this is great
Fantastic! My first memory of flight was in a Texaco PBY around 1952 when I was approximately 4 years old. My family was arriving in Tucapita, Venezuela; there were no roads into the camp so the company aircraft was sole means in and out of Tucapita. When the aircraft landed on the river, the water covered the fuselage window, I started crying because I thought we were sinking. Needless-to-say, we did not sink. My next memory was being lifted from the aircraft through one of the blister turrets. Those memories have always stuck in my mind. Thank you Catalina Aircraft for bringing back such an iconic aircraft. I eventually went on to fly two iconic Air Force aircraft: C-130's and KC-135's.