Dhofar Contract Pilot

This is the Piston Provost fully armed and ready for war. It was seriously underpowered with it's Alvis Leonides engine during the hot summer months, it required full boost a lot of the time and an eye had to be kept on the cylinder head temperatures. Ralph Swift is the pilot shown here. The arched buildings shown in the first photo background are some of the old Imperial Airways terminal buildings long before the airline came to be known as British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) and finally British Airways.