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.

In a significant development for historic aircraft preservation, the National Naval Aviation Museum's PBY-5A Catalina (BuNo 46602) is now en route from Pensacola, Florida, to the Air Zoo in ...

The old-school Catalina was among the first U.S. aircraft to be upgraded with airborne radar. Japan had neglected radar R&D, and Imperial Japanese Navy ships had to rely on sound-detection systems ...

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.