Mystery Plane Query...

[sea mosquito]

Its a PBY5A Catalina based at Duxford

[Paulo]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consolidated_PBY_Catalina

[Supra]

You're heading for a heart-attack if you are worried by the prospect of WW.2 hi-viz waterborne flying drones over your house!! Best you use the power of Google/Wikipedia before promoting National hysteria... or just 'chill' & have another toke?

[GOOSE]

Supra, without patronizing either of you, as this is the newbie forum for less knowledgeable members to post their questions bretwalda007 has every right to ask the question! If this offends you perhaps you should avoid the newbie area. Remember, we all had limited knowledge once..............

[mirage41]

Well said GOOSE, couldn't agree more.

[H.A.Bucken]

D'accord!
Some years ago one of these visited Windermere- couldn't be there for its arrival, but got a stonking shot of the Sunderland on splashdown a year or so before. However, when the Cat was due to leave I went back on a very misty day only to run out of film when she was abeam me at circa 100 feet.
Enjoy the Forum
Kit Rogers

[TankBuster]

The Cats a beauty isn't she! This might be of interest to you...

http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/felixstowe_a ... _1_2308456


TankBuster

[Mike]

Project Hawker, a little bit of info for our Northern members (borrowed from Scotavnet) :-

Saw in this months Flypast that Plane Sailing's Catalina is setting off on a round Britain trip to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Circuit of Britain race, a Daily Mail sponsored competition for the first "waterplane" to circuit Britain. It appears no-one was successful but Harry Hawker got the furthest!
Found details on their web-site which includes several points round Scotland including a couple of days in Oban. Relevant dates/time's from their web-site below.
Day 2 – Thursday 22 August1030 Depart RAF Leeming1048 Return to Whitby and then coastal route north1105 Orbit Seaham. (Hawker put down here for repairs)1128 Orbit Beadnell. (Hawker put down here too)1202 EGQL RAF Leuchars1216 Orbit Montrose Air Station Heritage Centre. Hawker put down here.1225 Continue coastal to Stonehaven.1231 Display at Aberdeen and flypast airport1300 Peterhead1310 Fraserburgh1320 Banff (former Coastal Command base with monument)1332 EGQS RAF Lossiemouth (Possible landing)Following times assume no landing at RAF Lossiemouth but if there is a landing then extra 60 minutes at least would be added to subsequent times.Continue west to Cromarty Firth.1345 Orbit Invergordon1347 Display at Cromarty1400 Return to Invergordon and 1405 overfly Dingwall1414 Overfly Dores to proceed down Great Glen1424 Overfly Glendoe and 1436 Overfly Fort William1450 Oban. Overfly Highland Games prior to closing and arrive EGEO Oban 1500Day 3 – Friday 23 AugustRest Day in Oban with morning display over harbour at 1030. (Display application has been made broadly open to allow for a display at anytime throughout Friday or on Saturday morning to allow for weather issues. If weather is good then it will be Friday morning.) Aircraft open for inspection at Oban Airport in afternoon with short local flight late afternoon.Day 4 – Saturday 24 August1100 Depart EGEO Oban and overfly Oban Harbour then coastal route south to overfly North Coast and Kiells (Hawker set down for repairs here)
No doubt times may change so worth keeping an eye on their web-site (http://projecthawker2013.com/) or Twitter (@ProjectHawker).