The crew room and control
tower at Salalah in 1968. Under the wire on the left was a concrete plinth
with the old Imperial Airways "Speedbird" insignia later adopted by British
Overseas Airways Corporation. Salalah was one of the original staging posts
for the Vicker's Vimy open cockpit bombers converted after WWI for civilian
use and travelling to destinations in Africa and India.
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