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Old 30th Mar 2007, 05:54
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merlinxx
 
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HEGN/HRG why go there?, coz it's got oil, coz it's got sun/sand/sea (Red Sea coast) & as you'll see from the pic, tis/was a EAF front line air defence base as just over the Red Sea from Sinai and down the Gulf of Aqaba from LLOV/VDA Ovda Air Base in Israel. Well loved place for Northern Europeans for winter sun & fun. In the old days lots of expats in JED took the ferry over as Egyptian boats were wet (booze wise) for a days round trip JED/HRG/JED.

Not pleasant arriving in low vis blowing sand with a few Migs blasting off the (now) parallel taxiway with ATC telling they're holding for your landing.
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