Catalina production to restart as a turboprop.

Great to see this classic reborn. Just hope it has a better sales record than the Super DC-3. Fair skies and ceilings unlimited!

like the douglas dc-3, the catalina is a timeless design that will fly just fine with turboprops, just a wee bit faster than its ancestors in WW2 and after.DC-3 has upgraded to turboprops and is a monument to forward thinking and genius design. So too this amphibian masterpiece.

Very cool! Now if only Boeing would restart production of the 314 (the famed PanAm Clipper)!

I think this is great

Fantastic! My first memory of flight was in a Texaco PBY around 1952 when I was approximately 4 years old. My family was arriving in Tucapita, Venezuela; there were no roads into the camp so the company aircraft was sole means in and out of Tucapita. When the aircraft landed on the river, the water covered the fuselage window, I started crying because I thought we were sinking. Needless-to-say, we did not sink. My next memory was being lifted from the aircraft through one of the blister turrets. Those memories have always stuck in my mind. Thank you Catalina Aircraft for bringing back such an iconic aircraft. I eventually went on to fly two iconic Air Force aircraft: C-130's and KC-135's.

Very Interesting... Look forward to what they come out with.

It would make for a great trip out to Avalon.

I think the Catalina would be the perfect offshore island-hopping carrier for some of the sightseeing or short-range airlines. But I think it could really be valuable worldwide in an amphibious wildfire capacity. It could become a super scooper and possibly have a water version and a land-based fire retardant version.

What a beaut!

Maybe some interior carbon bits to get rid of any unnecessary 1940s corroded aluminum stuff.

And zero dihedral.

I hope their engineers are better than their graphic artists!

Looks like the CL415 we delivered to Brasilia

Opinions please from certification experts: The Next Generation Amphibious Aircraft (NGAA) Catalina II looks like the original but "uses advanced engines and avionics" and will use "modern corrosion resistant materials". This is not the same plane. Is it just an interesting fact that Catalina Aircraft holds the Type Certificates for the original 28-5ACF Catalina? Would they in any sense be applicable to the new one, or Would the Catalina II get it's own Type Cert?

I'd buy that for a dollar