For FV, and others who have enjoyed his great reminiscences:. .There's an interesting book about an Empress class flying boat ( Corsair, G-ADVB) which made an unscheduled landing after losing its way over the Congo in early 1939; the story describes the efforts to salvage it and fly it out.. .It's called Corsairville, by Graham Coster,. .ISBN 0-140 25348-3, Penguin Books.. . . . <small>[ 18 March 2002, 15:27: Message edited by: chippy63 ]</small>