The original Flying Boat page was getting pretty big so I have put the material on the the civilian and military flying boats onto different pages.

Imperial Airways / BOAC Passenger & Mail Flights to Durban

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Added 1 November 2007: Showing the first Imperial Airways flying boat, Canopus, under construction. The picture shows how large the craft were. <== Click to view enlargement. Pic courtesy Gerald Buttigieg.

Military Flying Boats in Durban

• The Catalinas of Lake St Lucia - by Jeff Gaisford
• Catalina H & Richard Cork
• The Sunderlands of Lake Umsingazi - by Jeff Gaisford
• Lebbeus Laybutt's 35 SQN Photo Album
• Robert Page's 35 SQN Photo Album.

Flying Boat Control Tower

Flying Boat Eyewitnesses

• Edith Sherry's trip from Southampton-Durban in 1937
• Air/Sea Cadets - George Haskins & Des Manning
• 35 SQN SAAF Shuttle Flights - Post WWII - Bob Fraser
• From Southampton to Durban on BOAC - Joyce Mitchell nee Gibbs
• In the BOAC Office in Durban - John Field

Main Aviation Page

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