Anyone know why the HARS Catalina was in Kununurra yesterday?

[VH-XXX]

Just wondering why it zoomed overhead. Is there an airshow on up north at the moment or one has just been? The sound of it approaching was quite impressive and distinctively the Cat.

[SeldomFixit]

Was the RFDS fund raising Bash in town ?

[kookabat]

zoomed overhead

A Catalina, zooming???


I'd like to see that!! :}

[Jabawocky]

Anyone know why the HARS Catalina was in Kununurra yesterday?

Just wondering what you are doing in Kununurra?

Thought you were at work in Melbourne, or is someone paying for you to have a holiday up there!

J:E

[Short_Circuit]

Question
Does HARS have a Catalina :bored:

[Howard Hughes]

Anyone know why the HARS Catalina was in Kununurra yesterday?
Looking for U-boats!;)
Does HARS have a Catalina?
Yes!:ok:

[tinpis]

Prolly having a rest before the 15 hour 1500 gallon flight back to Mexico :E

How long could yer run one them Priuses for on that ?

We should be told.:hmm:

[bentleg]

Question
Does HARS have a Catalina


Yes - and its been in Oz nearly 5 years.

http://www.hars.org.au/fleet/catalina/index.html

[Wunwing]

If Felix the HARS Cat was there at Kunanurra, it must have been some kind of vision.
I saw her at IRA last saturday and she was missing the L/H engine and has a hole on the L/H rear side due to refitting of the blisters. I don't think Felix is due to fly again for some time.
She doesn't zoom, just a vigorous stagger.
Wunwing

[Jabawocky]

Me thinks XXX is on a fishing trip.........and not in Kunners!

J:suspect:

[Wanderin_dave]

Weren't some guys gonna ferry a Cat in from Europe? Couldn't have been that one making it's way east could it?

[Fantome]

The other Orstralyin Cat is still laid up in Portugal -

http://www.catalinaflying.org.au/

Either XXX is halucinating or some foreigner has slipped through unnoticed by the Catalina tragics and their usually thorough spy network.

[VH-XXX]

Hmmm... interesting......

Perhaps I shouldn't have said HARS, perhaps (quite obviously it wasn't then, I just assumed).

I would love to know where on earth (literally) it came from then!

Or if someone has a suitable explanation as to what it may have been.

[Lasiorhinus]

It wasnt a Mallard, was it?

[sms777]

If it was not a UFO then those funny weeds must be on special again up in Kunnus. :}

I am on my way.... :ok:

[DonC]

Paspaley's Mallard was up that way recently

[spanner90]

Certainly wasn't HARS Black Cat. I was standing under the wing sheltering from the rain last night, at IRA.

Still missing one engine, tarp over the cockpit and rear fuse.

[Howard Hughes]

Geez, big diffefence between a Catalina and a Mallard!:eek:

[sms777]

Qoute:

"Geez, big difference between a Catalina and a Mallard"

Depends on how much of that funnyweed you had before you looked up in the sky :E

[VH-XXX]

I'm willing to accept that it may have been the Mallard. Somewhat similar and from underneath many aircraft look black. :O

[solocmv]

Hey All,

There was a Grumman Goose brought into the country this year.
Has round engines and from underneath would be close at a glance.
Apart from the red and white paint job.

Cheers,
Solocmv

[Fantome]

I'm willing to accept that it may have been the Mallard. Somewhat similar and from underneath many aircraft look black.

Look black!!! You have earnt more black looks than up Todd Street, XXX. Go and stand in the corner. You will do penance for your Mallardy, giving rise to ill founded rumours, causing a flurry among Catalina tragics across the globe and failing to distinguish between a pair of R1830s and two PT6s.

[Kanga767]

I think you may have seen/heard a Caribou.


K

[VH-XXX]

Caribou :D You're cracking me up now.

[Pharcarnell]

There's a "bou" chugging around here as part of the Pitch Black game but I dunno if it's been as far as Kunnas. Would explain the engine note but not the profile.
I believe that one of Pearls Mallards has still got recips but that may be old news.

[Dog One]

Have seen two Caribou's parked in Darwin, and have heard them operating down in that area. From a distance they could look like a "Cat" and certainly would sound like one.
I understand that all the Mallards are now PT6 powered.