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Originally Posted by Petestein
Herr Hans Hoffmann also founded in 1959 a company called HANSA with a beautiful hotel in San Andrés island called Hansa Club Villas. He started operations in 1959 with a beautiful yellow and white PBY-6a Catalina. I know this because I have a friend of mine who flew to San Andrés island in December 1959 in this Catalina and piloted by Herr Hoffman.. The Catalina was beautifully restored with a very nice interior. The flight took 6 hours. three to Barranquilla and three more to San Andrés. The Catalina is very slow aircraft . What happened afterwards to this aircraft, I don't know. v
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amazing story Pete!!! I´ll look up for pics of Catalinas in San Andres