PBY Catalina was the most important seaplane of the Second World War, not only as a search and rescue aircraft but also in the role of a attack and long distance reconnaissance aircraft. Decades after the war the aircraft was still in use and even now there are many still flying (although almost all as museum exhibits).

Aerosoft delivers this aircraft in several versions, spanning a full decade of development of this venerable aircraft starting with the full sea plane PBY-4 to the better known PBY-5A amphibian. Fully designed for FSX (no FS2004 version is planned) it uses all the new technology now available. The Virtual Cockpit is very fast as most of the systems and gauges are included in the model and not in the form of gauges. The user can select either a more modern version (suitable for the modern flight environments) or fly the cat using a panel equipped as it was around the Second World War