TEAL Short Solent flying boat on The Coral Route: Auckland, Fiji, Samoa, Aitutaki, Tahiti 1950s

[@kiamoey3244]

I was at Aitutaki and went to AkaimaiIsland where there was still the remain of the pier for the Coral Route plane.

[@andymack5093]

Happy times of a gentle, safe, and uncomplicated (sadly bygone) era.............................

[@johnrussell6276]

My father Captian Ian Wellsted Russell is the pilot with black hair and a mustache receiving the cup of tea from the hostess on the flight deck.

[@lyndonblowes2489]

Cool video

[@diabeticalien3584]

The real age of the flying boat, the 1950's. Australia used them until 1974.