Oman 1961 – Miscellaneous photos A GULF AVIATION DC3 lands at Firq ‘International’ Airport, near Nizwa. ‘International’ because it was used by Englishmen,

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Oman 1961 – Miscellaneous photos 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!

Oman 1961 – Miscellaneous photos 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!

Oman 1961 – Miscellaneous photos Modern transport ahead of the more traditional means. At least the latter didn’t get mined.

Oman 1961 – Miscellaneous photos 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. What a difference the finding of oil has made.

OMAN - More colour photos of the camp at Nizwa View of the MT park (1961 version) looking towards Nizwa from the top of the camp guard tower (below left).

OMAN - More colour photos of the camp at Nizwa The watch tower and the searchlight.

OMAN - More colour photos of the camp at Nizwa The cookhouse building with the coldstore and makeshift ‘club’ for recreation (boozing and bawdy songs!). Note the wall made from petrol and kerosene flimsies.

OMAN - More colour photos of the camp at Nizwa Some S.O.A.F. planes ‘buzz’ the Nizwa camp sometime during 1961.

OMAN - More colour photos of the camp at Nizwa A view towards Nizwa from across the wadi, near where we built a dam for a swimming pool.

OMAN - More colour photos of the camp at Nizwa Looking towards the camp from the roof of Nizwa town fortress. The camp guard tower can just be seen above the palms at centre-left.

OMAN - More colour photos of the camp at Nizwa Dhobi Wallahs.

OMAN - More colour photos of the camp at Nizwa

Someone tries out an Arab weapon.