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Awesome at 80: Europe’s last Catalina flying boat remains air show favorite 

Aerotime

There, it was to be repurposed as a passenger-carrying aircraft for tourist flights and air safaris in Zimbabwe in southern Africa. The tail was completely blown off, the port float was virtually shot away, and the port wing was damaged. Numerous holes had been made in the plane’s hull, so it started to take on water and sink.

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Rare C-49 ‘WildKat’ Makes First Appearance at Reading World War II Weekend [NEEDS PHOTO SWAP]

Vintage Aviation News

The weekend is action-packed with daily airshows, aircraft displays, military vehicles, WWII veterans, speakers, presentations, vendors, entertainers, Homefront education, mock battles, 20-plus acres of WWII encampments, nightly big-band hangar dances, and of course, the reenactors. WildKat returned to flight in the summer of 2018.

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