The HARS Catalina Team have been busy again, this time adding the nose turret and support structure to the aircraft. The Cat will now be able to sport a “pair of 50′s” up front. (Plastic replicas of course) The nose support structure was donated to HARS by the Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson, Arizona. A new “unused” turret was acquired from [...]
Work continues on the preparation for the PBY Catalina A24-362 for her upcoming visit to RAAF Edinburgh and onward to Townsville. Last weekend saw Gordo, Gary, Boston, Don, John, Eric, Dick, Bob and the boys stripping paint from the hull, the installation of perspex into the outer blisters, repair work to the wing fabric and ongoing engine work. Keep up [...]
HARS members have been hard at work continuing the detailed and difficult task of rebuilding and installing the Catalina mid-section blisters. Having received a loan set of blisters from the Catalina Museum at Lake Boga, HARS members have been busy reproducing and replicating these very complicated and interesting structures. Engine and other systems work continue, with the inspection and installation [...]
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