Flew from Heathrow to Bahrein in an Air Ceylon connie during early September 1957. The route was Heathrow,Zurich(for dinner), Cairo(for breakfast) and Bahrein. We may have stopped at Rome as well but I'm not sure.. I think it was crewed by KLM.. I think the runway at Cairo was sand and the runway lights were oil..Not sure about Bahrein, could have been sand too..It was going on to Karachi after that but I'm not sure if ut stopped anywhere else before Colombo
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Started at Amsterdam flying the "wrong" way to London and then onward. KLM provided the aircraft as well.