I flew the Nicosia-Bahrain - Nicosia route in a Hastings a few times in 1958. It was ages ago, but I recall the NDB's wandering all over the place at 10,000', I am sure there was no radar and we were aware of the danger of siren calls from fake Russian beacons in the mountains close the Turkish border. It was thought an Air Charter Tudor on it's way to Woomera may have been enticed by one of them.
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The mountains seemed very close!