That's a nicely done "portrait", Jim. I used to fly on them when I was around
9, back in 1963 or so, when travelling from England (where I was a boarding
school) in the school holidays to see my parents in Mukalla. I would fly BOAC
to Aden, then take Aden Airways to Riyan, flying at around 2,000ft over the
dunes all the way.
The days of Empire ...
Chris
On 14 Jul 2010, at 19:01, Jim Nichols wrote:
> This proud old DC-3 could tell a lot of stories. Its most recent job was to
> carry sky divers, but, after losing an engine, it just sits here hoping for a
> repair that is too expensive to justify it.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/From+the+Past.jpg.html
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