Aircraft that was 'Out of Africa' returns home to Kenya

The aeroplane which featured in the seven-time Oscar-winning 1985 film 'Out of Africa' is on its way back to the country after nearly three decades, after finding a new home in Kenya at the Bonhams auction at the Grand Palais in Paris, France, on Thursday 7th February.

The 1929 American Moth Corporation De Havilland 60GMW Gipsy Moth bi-plane which featured in the Sydney Pollack-directed movie starring Meryl Streep and Robert Redford sold for €201,250 to an anonymous telephone bidder at the auction, held during the capital’s Rétromobile week. The sale set a new world record for a Gipsy Moth.