| A GULF
AVIATION DC3 lands at Firq
‘International’ Airport, near
Nizwa. ‘International’ because
it was used by Englishmen,
Scots, Welsh, Irish (including
Ulstermen), an occasional
Aussie, Arabs and several
other nationalities. The
airport (landing strip)
facilities were as you see
them! Two photos below |
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| Modern
transport ahead of the more
traditional means. At least the latter didn’t get mined. Does anyone know who the intrepid driver and map-reading surveyor are and where the photo was taken? |
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| A
heavily-laden three tonner
(army or civilian?) wends it
weary way along the dirt road.
Where exactly?
Now there are asphalted
highways in the Oman and
highly developed and
landscaped towns. |
