Thu Nov 05, 2020 11:15 am
#1807158
Incidentally, if you are ever in Anglesey. just North of Beaumaris there is a slipway which was used by Catalinas being converted at the Saunders-Roe factory.
vintage ATCO wrote:My print of the Catalina has arrived from Eoghan! Simply stunning.
PeteSpencer wrote:vintage ATCO wrote:My print of the Catalina has arrived from Eoghan! Simply stunning.
Sadly mine is disappointing, with a wrongly proportioned white border which looks most odd in a simple frame.
I am awaiting Eoghan's comments.
I'll keep you posted
malcolmfrost wrote:Incidentally, if you are ever in Anglesey. just North of Beaumaris there is a slipway which was used by Catalinas being converted at the Saunders-Roe factory.
Eoghan wrote:PeteSpencer wrote:vintage ATCO wrote:My print of the Catalina has arrived from Eoghan! Simply stunning.
Sadly mine is disappointing, with a wrongly proportioned white border which looks most odd in a simple frame.
I am awaiting Eoghan's comments.
I'll keep you posted
Hey Peter,
Could you check you inbox and the junk folder for my reply to your email? Sometimes my emails end up in the junk folder... It was sent at 5.05...
Thanks
Eoghan
rf3flyer wrote:If you want to read about Catalinas then I highly recommend 'The Sky Beyond' by Sir Gordon Taylor. It's not about their military use but about civilian long distance route pioneering in and across the South Pacific.
Rob L wrote:That dock looks almost purpose-built (apart from the lack of a ramp )