- the inability to recover the loss of income after the aircraft had been grounded following the landing incident with stuck nosegear in August 2017,
- the fact that financial support from governement and private sources was almost zero,
- the fact that flying with sponsors had now been deemed a commercial activity by the government, leading to less income generated due to taxation
- and the fact that through a lack of skilled volunteers more and more help had to be hired at cost to maintain and service the Catalina
It will be a sad sight to see her leave...

Letter (in Dutch) to the sponsors here:
http://www.flashie.nl/MLD/20180727.pdf