The Last African Flying Boat (The Last African Flying Boat)

Release Date:	1990-01-07
Runtime:	74 min
Status:	Released
Genres:	Documentary
Production:	BBC TV, ABC/Kane Productions International

Overview

For the first time in 40 years African skies resound to the roar of a flying boat. Alexander Frater boards a wartime Catalina in search of the romance and adventure of Imperial Airways' legendary route from Cairo to the Cape - down the White Nile to the Rift Valley lakes of Kenya and on to the astonishing Ilha de Mocambique - the forgotten jewel of the Indian Ocean.