FROM THIS . . . . .
. . . . to this. A sad and poignant tale indeed. (Thank you Aussie Bob for finding
and posting this saga.)
hasten to add - these are not the same Cats. You need to read the whole story by one Dave O'Malley.
(he denies any connection with the famous ships' cook, O'Malley, who didn't dilly dally . . .but whitewashed half the galley.)
The Catalinas in both instances were postwar conversions to a luxury flying yacht known as the Landseaire. One demonstrated the dreamlike glamour and recreational possibility of the flying yacht, while the other was a forlorn remnant, telling a story of one of those dreams wrecking on the shores of a hostile country.
Last edited by Fantome; 27th Apr 2014 at 08:18.