Latest on the efforts to fully transform the HARS Cat into an RAAF Black Cat:
Restoration Updates - Warbirdz.Net Forum Latest at HARS includes:
CATALINA- Fuselage opening cut and Port blister temp fitting, starboard blister being prepared. New blister perspex ordered, front turret sourced, purchased and being shipped to Australia, ammunition bins refurbished, ammo feeds refurbished, 50 cal and 30 cal replica Brownings being sourced, bombadiers perspex front window installed and Mk 26 Naval Bomb Sight installed, one 1,000lb mine rack installed on Port side. Airworthy