Catalina - Damn it's soooo purty

[CyranoAH]

Bring the CAT!!  

I mean, that's one more vote.

Daniel, aka CyranoDB (new account)

[Jimdandy]

I'd love to see it on here. I don't know if any of you have seen a Cat in the air but I have. It's a cool plane. BIG, nice to look at and sounds great. I live in Washington state in USA. We get forest fires and brush fires and the Cats were used a lot for fire fighting. Last time I seen one was last year. It flew over my house. Probably OTW to an air show. They don't get used as much in fire fighting any more I think because there just wearing out. We need a cat on here. I like the downed pilot idea. Not sure how much it will get used. I still say the more planes the more fun! Dweeby plane or not I want them all on here!   In any sim where there's a navy there should be Cats.  

[1776]

Let the lobbying begin:  http://www.aero-web.org/specs/consolid/pby-5a.htm  http://www.catalina.org.uk/

I wonder what kinda bribes would help our cause?  Ok, we need to form the "Catalina Society".  A lobby group established for the bringing of this multi-useful aircraft to AH.  We can be a 501c3 organization so as to avoid taxation!!  Just think if this plane becomes part of AH we could post at all the Catalina webb sites the fact that a Catalina can be flown by anyone if they sign up for AH!!!  Man, oh, man, and there are plenty of sites!!!

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[-raxx-]

Just as a point of interest to NZ pilots.  There is a restored catalina that flys around auckland every weekend or three.  Several afternoons over the last few months I've been sitting out on the deack and hear that radial thrum as that majestic bird of the sea passes overhead.

I'll chase up the possibility of getting a ride and post the details here.

Spotcha in the Air

[LtReiben]

As long as your thinking about the Catalina, why not consider the small seaplanes used for airborn spotting and scouting, which were launched from battleships and heavy criusers and put the launch platforms and recovery crane in the back of the criuser to use  

[1776]

he heeeeeeee, wait a minute,wait a minute.  Let's get the Catalina first!!!  Other planes later. Lobby for one thing at a time!!!

Now back to the bribes thingie, anyone got any ideas?

<quietly waits for someone from HTC to notice our efforts>


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[1776]

Just breathing life into this thread

[Furious]

C47 would still be flown if the Cat's were only able to spawn from port or TG.

Furious