That last post reminds me – The Airwork / Hunting Clan London-Nairobi scheduled flights were marketed as the “Safari” service. So the later merger into BUA came as no surprise to us in Kenya.

They were flying Vikings when the opposition, BOAC and South African Airways, were flying constellations and in BOAC’s case Argonauts (Canadair 4’s), which had a longer range. BOAC/SAA ‘only’ stopped at Rome, Cairo, Khartoum and Entebbe or similar while the “Safari” service had to put down everywhere: Benghazi, Wadi Halfa, and Juba for example. They also didn’t fly at night so the journey took three or four days. They made a virtue out of necessity by advertising the overnight stops as an opportunity for passengers to visit exotic places. Perhaps Planemike can recall where he stopped over in 1952.

When was the film “The Malta story” or similar title made? I am sure it bfeatured ‘Faith’,’Hope’, and ‘Charity’

Let’s not overlook the Spruce Goose

Air Vice Marshalls Dowding and Harris. the two architects of victory in the air

A Gloster Gladiator in full flying condition including aerobatics

And a villa in Malta to go with it. 😉

And a course of flying lessons so I could pilot it