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Catalina wreckage in Saudi Desert - N5593V

Old 16th Apr 2007, 06:13
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Catalina wreckage in Saudi Desert - N5593V

A friend of mine told me about this a/c which he visited while working in Saudi.Unfortunately cannot load the pictures but got the tail no.Can anyone share any info on this a/c and its history
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Tks will pass it on ,seems a great pity
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Brings back memories from long ago. I saw it at Croydon in August 1959.
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I saw N5593V at Gatwick in 1959/60, before it departed for Middle East.
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Photos and a very interesting story about her here:

Abandoned Catalina seaplane: 50 years between the sea and the desert

Converted to a luxury flying "yacht" by a businessman. Was attacked by Saudi Army who mistook them for Israeli Commandos.
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Interestingly, the Google maps location is here:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sour...07725&t=h&z=18
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The pics on Google Earth shows that it is rapidly disintegrating. In particular, the wing has become partly detached and the engines are now near-vertical.
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