Aussie Black Catalina Water operations May 2012

[Liberator]

The HARS "Black Cat" Catalina flying boat did water landings and take offs at Lake Illawarra this week -

http://www.illawarramercury.com.au/multimedia/ and select the black cat photos.

A friend as well passed onto me this link - http://www.warbirdz.net/forum/showthread.php?t=1369 which some better closeups.

[daveymac82c]

What a beauty! Thanks for sharing the link to the pics!

Where's this airplane going to be stationed?

Peace,

David

[David Legg]

What a beauty! Thanks for sharing the link to the pics!

Where's this airplane going to be stationed?

Peace,

David

Davey - it has been flying in Australia for some years now and is based with HARS (Historical Aircraft Restoration Society) at Albion Park, Sydney, NSW.

[JDK]

A bit more (including an interesting new historical note on this machine's history) and some nice photos here:
http://www.warbirdz.net/forum/showthread.php?t=1369

The HARS website is here: http://hars.org.au/ with updates.

Regards,