Bringing the Catalina Home
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The Catalina Flying Memorial has purchased the Catalina pictured above. We are now seeking help to restore this historic aircraft.
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Flying Boats To The Rescue
In NSW we have made an association with the Water Police to offer our services during an emergency. We are already cooperating with the Voluntary Marine Rescue organizations, Customs Watch and State Fisheries
POWERHOUSE DISCOVERY CENTRE OPEN DAY – 11 JULY 2009
The Powerhouse Discovery Centre at Castle Hill, a satellite facility of the Powerhouse Museum is conducting an Open Day on Saturday 11 July 2009. The theme for this Open Day will be Flight: Air and Space. The Catalina Flying Memorial Ltd will have a stand at which we will be displaying our model Catalina as well as selling a range of merchandise (DVDs, books, t-shirts etc) with the hope of collecting a few donations.
Above all, the event will provide another the opportunity to expose for our Cat and to further the knowledge of the general public on the Catalina and the exploits of the men that flew her.
The Powerhouse Discovery Centre is located at 172 Showground Road, Castle Hill. The Powerhouse Discovery Centre is well worth a visit and in some respects better than the main site at Ultimo.
The program for the Open Day runs from 10am to 4.00pm
There is an entry fee of $8 adult/ $5 concession/child/seniors and pensioners, $25 family (2 adults + 2 children). Free entry for children under four years of age.
"For Sale" to the highest bidder
The original of this painting (80cm x 70cm framed) by Rex Newell one of Australia's best-known and best-loved artists.
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Current Bid $3,000.00 (updated 21/04/09)
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Catalina Flying Memorial Ltd ACN 103 492 440 Building 2, Ground Floor 35-41 Waterloo Rd Macquarie Park NSW 2113
The Rathmines Catalina
An Australian Flying Memorial
The Catalina Flying boat is one of the most distinctive aircraft ever built. It is of an era from another age – the era of the flying boat when airfields were scarce.
The Catalina performed a significant role in Australia's defense in World War II and Rathmines was then the world’s biggest flying boat base.
The Catalina Flying Memorial Ltd is bringing back to Australia one of the last airworthy examples of this aircraft and it is to be based at Rathmines, Lake Macquarie NSW.
At Rathmines, which is now listed as a heritage site, a museum to commemorate this World War II flying boat base is to be built, and where this Catalina is proposed to be housed.