The restoration of the world's oldest flying Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, BuNo 2459, is progressing at American Aero Services in New Smyrna Beach, FL. After spending several years in the ...

The old-school Catalina was among the first ... 1830-92 workhorses never left them stranded. Almost 2,700 PBY Catalinas were produced by Consolidated, not including some 600 built under license ...