A friend of mine (Tom Cheong) flew these with the Catalina Squadron in Darwin during WW2 - A great Australian of Chinese Heritage. I'll always remember his hurt one day back in the 80's when he said to me "you know some punk just called me a SLOPE" - Never under estimate who you meet and call offensive/racist names.
JackieP said
07:28 AM May 23, 2015
will be there in a couple of weeks so will be sure to check it out
bill12 said
12:12 PM May 23, 2015
On Palm island, Nth of Townsville QLD, there are wrecked Catalinas at a place called Curasao passage. There is a whole wing with the American rondels still on it. The local aboriginies are living in the fuselage.Yhere are so many rivets.The mind boggles at the work involved. Bill
Shaggy Dog said
06:02 PM May 23, 2015
I did a little bit of work on Cats back aways.
Same engines as the DC3/C47 as I recall, did a lot of work on them. Some DC3s had Pratts fitted, others Wrights.
Did a bit of work on the Boeing 707-138 parked at Longreach when it was new. Showing my age.
Take it easy.
SD
-- Edited by Shaggy Dog on Saturday 23rd of May 2015 06:03:44 PM
If you are traveling through Longreach, call into the Qantas Museum and see this Flying Boat, a Million dollar Restoration..........
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-05-22/restored-flying-boat-takes-pride-of-place-at-qantas-museum/6488426
K.J.
I did a little bit of work on Cats back aways.
Same engines as the DC3/C47 as I recall, did a lot of work on them. Some DC3s had Pratts fitted, others Wrights.
Did a bit of work on the Boeing 707-138 parked at Longreach when it was new. Showing my age.
Take it easy.
SD
-- Edited by Shaggy Dog on Saturday 23rd of May 2015 06:03:44 PM