Low-flying Catalina

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Originally posted by Keith Webb
She represents 10 Squadron "Black Cats"

Here's a Texas-Australia connection for ya: VP-33 was a Catalina squadron briefly based at N.A.S. Corpus Christi before being sent to Perth in Oct. 1943 to join the famous "Black Cats" in Australia.
While we're on the subject of Flying Boats, here's a pic of the last two surviving Martin Mars, Cdn reg. C-FLYK and C-FLYL. Both are based in Port Alberni, B.C. and are used by Flying Tankers Inc. as water bombers to protect B.C.'s vast forests. I have been fortunate to have seen these aircraft flying many times over the years...the sound of four R-3350's pulling a 162,000 lb. aircraft through the sky is not to be missed!