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Mystery of the Seaflight

EVERYONE has a different answer about the fate of the hydrofoil vessel on which tourists once sipped cocktails while sitting in airline seats as it sped across Lake Kariba.

“It’s almost mythical,” said Jonathan Waters, who has just brought out Kariba: Legacy of a Vision.

He wonders whether it is at the bottom of the ocean off Baltimore, as has been claimed, or has clandestinely found

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