In the 80's the Skyvans would do a resupply shuttle from Firq to Saiq, consisting of four return flights - thus was born the 4 Firq Saiq tie ... honestly
Not quite. Pre-dates the 'Vans certainly and goes back to RAF in the Gulf days - I got mine (tie) in 1970 and they weren't new then - so late 60s at the
latest.
IIRC - which I might not! - it was Argosy to Firq, and then Andover (in Winter) or Wessex (in the Summer) between bottom and top. Not enough bernoullis for the Andover in the Summer - 6300 ft amsl and +50 C at Saiq didn't leave the Wessex with much performance.
Something like a max speed of 65 kts and a
minimum of 30-35 kts made for interesting handling .......
Last went back a coupla years ago - and drove to Saiq!!