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Military Aviation => Historical Military Aircraft => Topic started by: Angry Turnip on October 20, 2020, 10:53:39 AM

Title: Plane Sailing G-PBYA gets stuck on Loch Ness
Post by: Angry Turnip on October 20, 2020, 10:53:39 AM

Plane Sailings Canadian Vickers Canso ( Catalina ) G-PBYA went tech on Loch Ness and the crew had to be rescued by a RNLI lifeboat.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-scotland-54593806 (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-scotland-54593806)  and   https://www.catalina.org.uk/our-catalina-g-pbya/ (https://www.catalina.org.uk/our-catalina-g-pbya/)

Title: Re: Plane Sailing G-PBYA gets stuck on Loch Ness
Post by: Andy H on October 20, 2020, 03:39:36 PM

I seen the video from the rnli on Facebook.

Great skill by all involved.

Title: Re: Plane Sailing G-PBYA gets stuck on Loch Ness
Post by: jasT1981 on October 20, 2020, 08:30:06 PM

Hopefully they can get her fixed and returned to base quickly. Great aircraft, love seeing it display. The crew were very friendly last summer at Duxford.