Read this story on another forum http://www.artificialowl.net/2009/07/abandoned-catalina-seaplane-50-years.html
I then went looking in Google Earth and found this at these coordinates:
28°05'27.02"N 34°36'30.93"E
Cheers
Pat
Read this story on another forum http://www.artificialowl.net/2009/07/abandoned-catalina-seaplane-50-years.html
I then went looking in Google Earth and found this at these coordinates:
28°05'27.02"N 34°36'30.93"E
Cheers
Pat
Cheers
Pat
"Some people might say that freedom is being alone in the bush with the only sounds being the murmurs from the birds ... but I believe freedom is at 5000 feet with no other sound than the engine roaring."- William Hutchison, a young man taken from us far too young (16).
Pretty cool! Thanks for sharing! :ernae:
"Trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty!" John Adams 1772
Snuffy / Ted
Great story thanks
Ted
Vivat Christus Rex! Ad maiorem Dei gloriam
....Makes one wonder if the Catalina is still located along the shore line or someone has salvaged it by now,.......good story.
..."He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose" -Jim Elliot
Google Earth still shows the aircraft basking under the Arabian sun, watching the tide roll in.
OBIO
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You can enter that coordinates in regular Google and it is there as well.
Hard to believe that shes been sitting there for 50 years, great find. Now all we have to do is hope someone will restore her.
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