Delivered to the RCAF October 27, 1943 as 11005, this Canso became CF-NJF sometime after being withdrawn and stored in 1959. Photographed when operated by the Province of Saskatchewan for fire fighting, the aircraft is G-PBYA with Plane Sailing at the time of uploading.

Originally delivered to the RCAF, this Canso went civilian in 1961. Shown here with Ilford Riverton Airways a few years before becoming a private warbird. Became N69RF in 1990 and N222FT in 2000.

The beautiful lines of Miss Pick Up. She's painted as a USAAF OA-10A Catalina search and rescue aircraft.

Originally a Canadian Air Force Canso (ex 11005), delivered in October 1943. It later flew in Canada as CF-NJF / C-FNJF, and in the summers of 1966 and 1968 it was leased to the French Sécurité Civile as F-ZBAY and F-ZBBD respectively. It was acquired by Plane Sailing Catalina Operations in late 2004 and based at Duxford. Seen here still being flown by them 13 years later, in the markings of USAAF OA-10A Catalina 44-33915.

Former RCAF Canso, civilianized in 1956, was operated by Air Caledonia out of Vancouver on charters from 1982 - 1986. It's presently in New Zealand undergoing restoration (ZK-PBY).

Former Buffalo Airways PBY C-FOFI was added to the Hans Lauridsen collection in 2005, arriving at Glendale Airport on delivery on 5 October 2005. It was assigned registration N343CV in February 2005, but this was not taken up and it was delivered as C-FOFI. It was eventually registered as N413PB a few months after this photo was taken, in October 2007. The aircraft is seen here undergoing restoration on the ramp, before being moved to Buckeye, AZ in late 2011/early 2012.

This Canadian Vickers-built Canso (ex C-FJCV, CF-JCV, RCAF 11054) was hired from its owners, Catalina Safari Company, to fly the Peter Stuyvesant Travel Odyssey in 1993. This was a filmed tour to Mexico, USA, Newfoundland, Greenland and Iceland. It included a contest between teams from the Netherlands, Belgium and France, and was later shown on TV in these countries. After a job well done, the Catalina returned to Africa to fly tourists from Egypt to Zimbabwe, but was sold as ZK-PBY a year later. It was still active there in 2016.