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Corsairville : the lost domain of the flying boat / Graham Coster

by Graham Coster

This account traces the history of Imperial Airways' flying boat routes from Southampton across the African continent. It examines former aviation hubs in Uganda, Kenya, and Zimbabwe to document the legacy of these aircraft and their historical salvage operations.

Accession 19829 ISBN 0670866539 Publisher Viking
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Begins in Southampton, from where Imperial Airways' "Empire" boats departed to fly up the Nile on their way to South Africa, and takes him to the flying boats' old haunts in Uganda, Kenya, Malawi and Zimbabwe, from Lake Naivasha to Victoria Falls. -- blurb

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