Jock
The photos were taken in the empty quarter, about two hours flying southwest of Ibri. We refuelled in Masirah before returning to Ibri, where we used to land on a track close to the SAS camp, park amongst the tents and sleep in the aeroplane during the two week detachments. The surface might look rain spattered, but I'm sure it hadn't rained for a very long time.
The SAS thrived in those harsh conditions as long as we kept them supplied with fuel, food and water. The trick was finding them.
One patrol reached the coast near an isolated fishing village and inherited a swarm of man eating flies which followed them all the way back to Ibri!
Last edited by brakedwell; 31st Mar 2012 at 21:06.