New Zealand's only airworthy Catalina, ZK-PBY, is
a Canadian Vickers built "Canso" which is owned
and operated by the Catalina Group of New Zealand.
The aircraft was purchased by the group in 1994 and now wears the colour scheme of NZ4017 (XX-T) of No.6 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force.
It is one of only a few remaining airworthy Catalinas in the world.
ENJOY JUST THE SOUND OF THE ENGINES
Most of the clips on this disk feature NO narration so you can enjoy the sound of the aircraft. A few clips have a second audio track with some narration.
This 135+ minute DVD features:
• Extensive air-to-air footage
• Several airshow displays
• External on-board ‘Pencil Cam’ footage
• Dumbo Air-Sea Rescue reenactmant
• Footage of the aircraft on Lake Taupo
• Close-up walk around of the aircraft
• Other short video segments
• Minimal narration / voice-over
Please note this DVD is in 4:3 format -- it is not wide screen
Video Sample
This sample illustrates some of the material on this DVD.
About Our Video Scrapbooks: The HAFU Video Scrapbook Series is designed to provide enthusiasts with high quality collections of aviation film clips. These are not full documentary programs with running voice-over or narration. Rather each disk is a ‘scrapbook’ collection containing a variety of short film clips, generally between two to fifteen minutes long, which provide scenes and sounds of the aircraft in action, the like of which are rarely contained in documentary videos or shown on broadcast television.
New Zealand's only airworthy Catalina, ZK-PBY, is