Райън винаги е бил доволен от своя необременен начин на живот по летищата, хотелите и колите под наем из цяла Америка и носи всичко, което му е необходимо в един куфар. Разглезеният член на всяка съществуваща елитна пътническа програма за лоялни клиенти е на път да достигне голямата си цел от 10 милиона прелетени мили – и все пак... той си няма нищо истинско, което да го задържи.
Built in the United States in the early 1940s by Sikorsky Aircraft, the VS-44 was a large four-engine flying boat designed primarily for the transatlantic passenger market, with a capacity of 40+ passengers. Three units were produced: Excalibur, Exeter - and Excambian, "The Queen of the Sky" to its final owners Charlie Blair and his wife, actress Maureen O'Hara. The film explores aviation pioneer Igor Sikorsky and the eleven-year restoration of Excambian by volunteers at Sikorsky's Stratford plant.
For the first time in 40 years African skies resound to the roar of a flying boat. Alexander Frater boards a wartime Catalina in search of the romance and adventure of Imperial Airways' legendary route from Cairo to the Cape - down the White Nile to the Rift Valley lakes of Kenya and on to the astonishing Ilha de Mocambique - the forgotten jewel of the Indian Ocean.