(SKAGIT COUNTY)— Columbia Helicopters of Portland, Oregon, used one of their Chinook Helicopters yesterday to deliver a World War II- era PBY-5A Catalina Seaplane from a location near the Skagit Regional Airport in Bay View to a parking lot next to the PBY Memorial Foundation Museum on the Seaplane Base at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island in Oak Harbor.

Columbia Public Relations Manager Dan Sweet says yesterday morning’s flight went off without a hitch….

Dan Sweet

Sweet says the Washington State Patrol closed a portion of Highway 20 and Memorial Highway yesterday as a safety precaution as the aircraft flew from Bay View to Oak Harbor.

The project was organized by the PBY Memorial Foundation and the commanding officer of NAS Whidbey Island.

Sweet says once the refurbishment of the Catalina is finished, an official dedication of the static aircraft display will take place around the middle of next month at the Seaplane Base.

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