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BBC News – The three-month flight along the Nile

This entry was posted in Africa Aircraft on January 9, 2014 by Ian Pattinson

When an early British sea plane, the S.80, made a three-month expedition south down the Nile in 1914, the mechanic was unnamed in the newspaper reports. But the adventure’s success depended on his expertise.

via BBC News – The three-month flight along the Nile.

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