EXT. BASE CAMP AT POTTERY HILL. DAY

The expedition team drives over to meet the arrivals. Almásy stays in the car as the others pile out and approach the plane as it taxis alongside an old, battered, silver Tiger Moth.

A young and kissed couple emerge from the Steerman. They are GEOFFREY AND KATHARINE CLIFTON.

And it's immediately clear that Katharine is the woman in the plane crash at the beginning of the film.

Madox makes all the introductions, introducing the rest of the team--an Italian, D'AGOSTINO; a German, BERMANN; and an Egyptian, FOUAD. Hands are shaken, hellos all around, as the couple disembark in their leather flying gear.