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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
TKS:ok:
More information on this (http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=66028&highlight=catalina) forum.
Richard
Tks will pass it on ,seems a great pity
Zerc :ok:
HEATHROW DIRECTOR
17th Apr 2007, 09:23
Brings back memories from long ago. I saw it at Croydon in August 1959.
pjbonner
24th Apr 2015, 11:55
I saw N5593V at Gatwick in 1959/60, before it departed for Middle East.:{
Diverskii
24th Apr 2015, 13:05
Photos and a very interesting story about her here:
Abandoned Catalina seaplane: 50 years between the sea and the desert (http://www.artificialowl.net/2009/07/abandoned-catalina-seaplane-50-years.html)
Converted to a luxury flying "yacht" by a businessman. Was attacked by Saudi Army who mistook them for Israeli Commandos.
AndoniP
24th Apr 2015, 16:17
Interestingly, the Google maps location is here:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=28%C2%B005%2727.02%22N+34%C2%B036%2730.93%22E&sll=32.559217,14.007235&sspn=2.587838,1.96106&ie=UTF8&ll=28.090552,34.608661&spn=0.002802,0.007725&t=h&z=18
caiman27
25th Apr 2015, 14:00
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.