Finding visuals...
  • The Locator
  • Airframes Database

    Social media...
    Follow AV on facebook
    Follow AV on Twitter @aerial_visuals
    Follow the AV YouTube Channel

    Site navigation...
  • Home
  • Desktop Calendar
  • The Racers
  • FAQs
  • About Aerial Visuals
  • Comment on this Dossier
    • Search For Airframes Now
    Search - Index - Gallery - Reports - Lists - AV Needs You!

    This page documents a history of a specific aircraft. The details provided vary from aircraft to aircraft and are dependent on the research and amount of data uploaded to the Aerial Visuals database.

    Airframe Family: Consolidated PBY/OA-10 Catalina / Canso
    Latest Model:PBY-6A Catalina
    Last Military Serial:46665 USN
    Construction Number:2029
    Last Civil Registration:VH-CAT
    Compressed ID:Consolidated PBY-6A sn 46665 USN cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Sydney Bankstown Airport, Sydney, New South Wales

    EDIT THE HISTORY HERE    		 If you can add to the history or would like to submit a correction please use the editor to do so.

    UPLOAD A PHOTO    		 If you have a photo of this airframe to share then use the photo upload tool.
    The Airframes Database depends on user contributions to stay current.
    If you have any news about this airframe or photos which you would like to share please do so
    by using the links above.
    The more you and others share the better the database becomes!

    Dates

    Event

    1945

    Constructed as a PBY-6A.

    25 March 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 46665.

    29 March 1953

    Withdrawn from use.
    Placed in storage at Litchfield Park, Arizona, having accumulated 2512 flying hours.

    August 1956

    To unknown owner with c/r N9555C.

    1957

    To Transa with new c/r CC-CNG.

    1959

    To Commandante Roberto Parrague-ASPAR with new c/r CC-CNP.
    Operated with markings: Manutara II

    23 March 1973

    To The Catalina Flying Memorial Limited, North Ryde, NSW with new c/r VH-CAT.

    1988

    To Commandante Roberto Parrague-ASPAR with new c/r EC-593.
    ASPAR was awarded a firefighting contract there. She worked for the Spanish government department ICONA under a charter arrangement.

    To FAASA Fumigacion Aerea Andaluza S. A with new c/r EC-FXN.

    To Nystrom International, Sun Valley, ID with new c/r N160AT.

    Circa 1990

    To Aerocondor with new c/r CC-CNP.
    Working as a chartered fire bomber in Portugal.

    27 July 2007

    To The Catalina Flying Memorial Limited, North Ryde, NSW with new c/r VH-CAT.

    27 July 2007

    To The Catalina Flying Memorial Limited, North Ryde, NSW with new c/r VH-DUL.

    23 September 2008

    To Nystrom International, Sun Valley, ID with new c/r N160AT.

    9 December 2008

    Civil registration, N160AT, cancelled.
    Exported to Australia.

    13 January 2009

    To The Catalina Flying Memorial Limited, North Ryde/Lane Cove, NSW with new c/r VH-CAT.

    Based at Sydney Bankstown Airport, Sydney, New South Wales.
    View the Location Dossier

    23 March 2014


    Photographer: Terrance
    Notes: A token shot of this Catalina awaiting restoration at Bankstown, NSW, Australia - pushed into a corner of the airfield

    21 October 2024


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: VH-CAT missing parts of its empennage at Sydney-Bankstown, NSW
    This dossier is waiting for review by an editor.This airframe dossier is based on
    unreviewed imported data.
    If you can verify the documented history or add to it with additional text and/or photos please feel free to do so by using the upload tool and the history editor.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Internet Sources
     Australian Government, Civil Aviation Safety Authority
    Catalina Flying Memorial
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Spanish Register of Civil Aircraft Since 1920 by Jose Ramon Valero
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
    Mike Henniger
    Tell Others About this Airframe Dossier
    Forum Link: [URL=https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=38154][IMG]/home/users/web/b1393/nf.aerialvisuals/public_html/AV/Support/Logo_20x20.jpg[/IMG]Aerial Visuals - Airframe Dossier - Consolidated PBY-6A Catalina, s/n 46665 USN, c/n 2029, c/r VH-CAT[/URL]
    Direct Link: https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=38154
    Copyright 1993-2025 AerialVisuals.ca
    The Aerial Visuals pages are best viewed with a screen at least 800 pixels wide.
    In case you are wondering Aerial Visuals is a huge fan Google Chrome. If you do not have Chrome installed why not?
    Aerial Visuals requires cookies and Javascript to function correctly. Please ensure these features are enabled in your browser.
    Aerial Visuals is powered by Netfirms.