Looking stunning while taking a break in the evening sunshine at Zanzibar en-route Cairo to Victoria Falls. The Catalina had earlier landed in the harbour at Zanzibar before making the short hop to the airport for the night.

Former RCAF Canso, civilianized in 1956, was operated by Air Caledonia out of Vancouver on charters from 1982 - 1986. It's presently in New Zealand undergoing restoration (ZK-PBY).

This Canadian Vickers-built Canso (ex C-FJCV, CF-JCV, RCAF 11054) was hired from its owners, Catalina Safari Company, to fly the Peter Stuyvesant Travel Odyssey in 1993. This was a filmed tour to Mexico, USA, Newfoundland, Greenland and Iceland. It included a contest between teams from Holland, Belgium and France, and was later shown on TV in these countries. After a job well done, the Catalina returned to Africa to fly tourists from Egypt to Zimbabwe, but was sold as ZK-PBY a year later. It was still active there by 2016.