PBY-5A Catalina 'Miss Pick Up', the UK-based Catalina flying boat, returns to Duxford after an engine change in France, ready ...

Catalina Aircraft stated in an email, however, that neither of these aircraft is, to their knowledge, in active production—nor were they certified to carry civilian passengers for hire.

The prototype aircraft, the XP3Y-1, flew for the first time in 1935. The PBY was used by 31 nations over its 46-year career until finally retiring with the Brazilian Air Force in 1982.

In July, 1942, in a battle with the German submarine U-601, the Catalina aircraft's crew was killed MOSCOW, May 22. /TASS/. The Clean Arctic environmental project will dedicate most of its ...