snow ploughs in the desert

[shabroon]

is anyone who's been kicking around the sandpit for a while able to attest to the veracity of this story: Abu Dhabi - Snow Ploughs in the Desert, by Graham Moss (1970) (http://betteronacamel.com/Abu-Dhabi-Snow-Ploughs-in-the-Desert-by-Graham-Moss-1970-)
the essence is that with the start of oil revenues in the 1960s, abu dhabi gazumped a prefab airport that was supposed to be bound for rural canada. when it arrived in the future uae capital, it included buildings with snow-shedding rooflines and two snowploughs.
Graham Moss claims direct involvement in the story as a boac employee rather than being one of the "this happened to a friend" or "a policeman told me in a pub" kind of tale.
It's from a collection of boac reminiscences.
I'd love to know the truth of this!

[aeroground]

excellent story fun days in aviation long gone

[nakbin330]

A great story, thanks for posting.

[Heatedfuelreturn]

serious question: would the plow / blower work well shifting sand from roads aw well as it shifts snow.....

hfr

[groundtoflightdeck]

Dry snow is a bit like sand. But the sand won't pack... Packed snow is like driving on pavement if it's grooved a bit. Im thinking sand would destroy the inside of a blower and wear down a blade pretty quick.