Old not Bold, I might have flown on one of your F27s back in the mid 1990s. I was in Oman working on a bid for an IT system for Omani Oil company. We flew into Muscat for a day or so, then took an oil company F27 flight over the mountains into the Empty Quarter. We called at a few sand strips before we reached the strip which was our destination and I remember the rate of climb was not great in the 50C heat of the desert!
We travelled by landy rover across the desert to to the oil camp, and next day after a night at the camp we flew back to Seeb and on home.
It was an interesting experience!
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