The Aviators
Five Air Portugal pilots share one passion: flying over Africa's immense spaces in single-engine planes. Their expedition finds them reconnecting with their national heritage, discovering African wildlife and delivering medicines to remote communities in Mozambique. An inspiring film, with breath-taking aerial views of the Zambezi river, Lake Niassa and the Victoria Falls, among several other natural wonders of the continent.
01:16 plane flying over African plains
01:37 pilots in the cockpit
01:41 elephant at waterside seen from the air
01:44 planes over water
02:30 Maputo airport
03:21 planes on the runway
04:30 pilots in the cockpit
04:50 studio shots and introductions to the pilots
07:01 map of Mozambique
07:10 aerial of people waving goodbye from the beach
08:15 deliveries of aid/medicine packages
10:03 arrival at Inhambane
13:40 flying at night
13:58 shots of African antelope species called impalas
15:00 antelopes
15:28 Gorongosa National Park
15:42 safari jeep
15:50 monkeys in a palm tree
16:01 archive footage of the park
16:02 park entrance sign
16:07 elephant
16:13 wildebeest
16:19 lions
16:25 hippo walking alongside two white birds
16:28 archive footage of war in Mozambique
16:59 elephant
17:03 gazelles/antelope
17:05 lion
12:09 lion prowling up a spiral staircase
18:07 park benefactor Greg Carr
18:55 Vinho primary school
19:13 children at a pump well in Vinho
19:35 map of Mozambique
19:44 flying over African plains
20:00 aerial shots of the River Zambezi
21:35 aerial shots over Lake Niassa
23:22 man rowing on the lake
24:56 map of Mozambique
25:47 beautiful aerials of the Zambeze with wooded banks
26:10 Cahora Bassa dam
28:45 map of Livingstone
28:57 aerial shots of Victoria Falls
30:04 hippos bathing
30:31 sign warning of crocodiles and hippos
30:45 Victoria Falls
31:04 bridge over the Victoria Falls
31:13 shots immediately above the waterfall
31:21 map of Okavango Delta
31:27 hippo from above
31:31 elephants from above
31:46 aerials of the delta
32:03 sunset over the delta, shot from the air
33:44 Baboon Island
34:04 impalas
24:18 zebra tracks/hoof prints
34:23 giraffe
34:33 herd of zebras running through trees
34:47 ostrich and wildebeest
35:23 safari jeep approaching camera
36:37 zebras
36:54 lions lying in the shade
37:40 zebras
37:43 herd of giraffes
FULL SYNOPSIS
01:37 pilots in the cockpit
01:41 elephant at waterside seen from the air
01:44 planes over water
02:30 Maputo airport
03:21 planes on the runway
04:30 pilots in the cockpit
04:50 studio shots and introductions to the pilots
07:01 map of Mozambique
07:10 aerial of people waving goodbye from the beach
08:15 deliveries of aid/medicine packages
10:03 arrival at Inhambane
13:40 flying at night
13:58 shots of African antelope species called impalas
15:00 antelopes
15:28 Gorongosa National Park
15:42 safari jeep
15:50 monkeys in a palm tree
16:01 archive footage of the park
16:02 park entrance sign
16:07 elephant
16:13 wildebeest
16:19 lions
16:25 hippo walking alongside two white birds
16:28 archive footage of war in Mozambique
16:59 elephant
17:03 gazelles/antelope
17:05 lion
12:09 lion prowling up a spiral staircase
18:07 park benefactor Greg Carr
18:55 Vinho primary school
19:13 children at a pump well in Vinho
19:35 map of Mozambique
19:44 flying over African plains
20:00 aerial shots of the River Zambezi
21:35 aerial shots over Lake Niassa
23:22 man rowing on the lake
24:56 map of Mozambique
25:47 beautiful aerials of the Zambeze with wooded banks
26:10 Cahora Bassa dam
28:45 map of Livingstone
28:57 aerial shots of Victoria Falls
30:04 hippos bathing
30:31 sign warning of crocodiles and hippos
30:45 Victoria Falls
31:04 bridge over the Victoria Falls
31:13 shots immediately above the waterfall
31:21 map of Okavango Delta
31:27 hippo from above
31:31 elephants from above
31:46 aerials of the delta
32:03 sunset over the delta, shot from the air
33:44 Baboon Island
34:04 impalas
24:18 zebra tracks/hoof prints
34:23 giraffe
34:33 herd of zebras running through trees
34:47 ostrich and wildebeest
35:23 safari jeep approaching camera
36:37 zebras
36:54 lions lying in the shade
37:40 zebras
37:43 herd of giraffes