DGH fan. Certainly Safi strip was indeed on the network. I could well be mistaken regarding Takali, as memory plays tricks and the old man has been gone many years.
P.S. Just checked in "Briefed to Attack" ( Air Marshal Sir Hugh Lloyd). Sketch maps on pps 61 and 63 show the linked up dispersals Luqa to Safi to Hal Far and aerial photo on pp64 shows the whole complex including the Luqa to Hal Far Taxi link for aircraft.
Lloyd describes the construction of the complex in considerable detail and goes on to talk about Takali , however there is no mention of linking this to the main complex. Interestingly, in a straight line Luqa to Takali is five miles , only just over a mile or so more than Luqa to Hal Far.
Last edited by Haraka; 21st Oct 2011 at 10:42.