King Amanuallah of Afghanistan arriving in an Imperial Airways airliner at London @CroydonAirport 21st March 1928. @NafeesRehmanDr @Shahid_H_Raja @andrew_grantham pic.twitter.com/Ocn8nCp7EI
— Croydon Airport (@CroydonAirport) October 10, 2018
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RAF on the Afghan border
(no trains in this post!)
ON THE AFGHAN BORDER
“ON THE AFGHAN BORDER – Air-Marshal Sir John Steel inspects the Bomber Squadron R.A.F. at Risalpur.”
Air Marshal Sir John Steel inspects the line of planes at the Royal Air Force (RAF) base, Risalpur, India. Formation of planes flying over Khyber Pass – problem bordering area between India and Afghanistan. Several shots of the planes in the air.
HAWKER HEARTS – EARLY BIPLANES
Hawker Hearts – early biplanes.
Several shots of the aircraft in flight over snow covered mountains in Afghanistan. RAF (Royal Air Force) man handle plane at base on the North West frontier. Shots of aircraft coming into land at the base. More shots of planes in-flight.
(Hawker Heart should presumably be Hawker Hart.)
History of aviation in Afghanistan
It was decided to move the aircraft to Kabul by elephant and to try to repair it.
Lennart Andersson has written a history of the first 30 years of aviation in Afghanistan.
The history of aviation in Afghanistan is more or less a “white spot”. The reason is undoubtedly the county’s inaccessibility, both geographically and politically. Old photos of aircraft in Afghanistan are extremely rare, finding detailed information is difficult, and consequently few publications have dealt with aviation in that country. As always, there are sources for research, however, although they may be difficult to find, and with unearthed information it is possible to outline the early history of aviation in the recently so war-torn and devastated country.
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