Catalina Engine Problem

[Riley Blue]

Good to see it heading home after its Scottish mishap.

[StephenP]

The Catalina Society Facebook page posted she'd left the Loch this morning and flew to Inverness for inspection, before heading south to the Midlands for an overnight stay. She'll then then fly down to Duxford in the morning.

https://www.facebook.com/TheCatalinaSociety

[Leithen]

Wonderful things. My Grandfather was a Squadron Leader at St Angelo in charge of them sub-hunting in WW2. I was too young to ask him about it before he died, but the sight of one always gives me goosebumps.

[mcdjl]

StephenP said:

The Catalina Society Facebook page posted she'd left the Loch this morning and flew to Inverness for inspection, before heading south to the Midlands for an overnight stay. She'll then then fly down to Duxford in the morning.

https://www.facebook.com/TheCatalinaSociety

I'd been going that might have been the propellor aircraft I heard coming into East Midlands this afternoon..... Looks like it went to tatenhill though

[Moose.]

For those interested, there's a 10 page article on the rescue in this month's Flyer Magazine. You can view it for free online here:

https://issuu.com/flyerdigital/docs/flyer_february...

[Ean218]

Smollet said:

Glad she’s ok and safely landed. My dad used to copilot Jock Cruickshank albeit before he was awarded his VC.

I just had to check him out. Amazingly still alive and looks like he did his pilot training at the same time as my dad at Pensacola. Did your father train in the US too?

My dad went from Catalinas to B17s and latterly B24s.

[Miserablegit]

Here it is in Duxford in August 2019. Incredible aircraft.

Edited by Miserablegit on Saturday 2nd January 20:33

[normalbloke]

The BBC are saying there is a documentary about this incident showing on Monday 21:00. BBC Alba and iPlayer apparently.

[CanAm]

And at Airbourne in 2010..

[The Mad Monk]

normalbloke said:

The BBC are saying there is a documentary about this incident showing on Monday 21:00. BBC Alba and iPlayer apparently.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000rrbp/teicheadh-bho-loch-nisescape-from-loch-ness

[Eric Mc]

The Mad Monk said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000rrbp/tei...

Edited to make a working link

I notice it's in Gaelic - time to brush up on my old Irish/Gaelic skills.

[sherman]

Eric Mc said:

The Mad Monk said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000rrbp/tei...

Edited to make a working link

I notice it's in Gaelic - time to brush up on my old Irish/Gaelic skills.

Subtitles

[Eric Mc]

sherman said:

Eric Mc said:

The Mad Monk said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000rrbp/tei...

Edited to make a working link

I notice it's in Gaelic - time to brush up on my old Irish/Gaelic skills.

Subtitles

It's more fun trying to work out what's being said without cheating.

[ecsrobin]

[Smollet]

Ean218 said:

Smollet said:

Glad she’s ok and safely landed. My dad used to copilot Jock Cruickshank albeit before he was awarded his VC.

I just had to check him out. Amazingly still alive and looks like he did his pilot training at the same time as my dad at Pensacola. Did your father train in the US too?

My dad went from Catalinas to B17s and latterly B24s.

No. He trained initially in Canada(Moths)then back in the UK for his conversion to Catalinas from Harvards via Ansons