Cobham with Sir Sefton Branker, Director of Civil Aviation, right, with the D.H.50J.

Another view of Cobham's D.H.50J. Note the pannier beneath the fuselage for carrying the spare propeller.

Our Rapide just prior to the Cape flight.

Cobham described this view of the Victoria Falls as one of the greatest moments of his flight. We felt the same as we viewed it from the Rapide.

The shadow of a Victoria Falls Airways Rapide overtakes a lone giraffe in the African bush in 1955. Rapides have since dwindled to a handful - will Africa's wild animals go the same way?

Te pilot's view as the Rapide approached the coast.