Photos by Capt Hook : on the map, in Google Earth (KML)

This happened quite a few years ago shortly after the old Pierhead landing stage( which used to ripple with the waves, and survived all that nature threw at it) had been replaced by a new "modern" structure. Someone forgot to close the covers over the floating chambers and down it all went in a storm. Needless to say, some Scouse wag did comment "How do you expect Irish cement to float"

Sunset over Jeddah Islamic Port circa 1979

Now the standard practice in Saudi is to figure out which part of the onlooking group are on your side!

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Always enjoyed flying into this strip from Maputo on R&R trips in the early 90's, but hoped that his brakes never failed at the end of that "interesting" runway!

God Bless Joe! RIP

The three main Belfast Truss hangars are still in being and are now owned by the Hooton Park Trust. The trust has many photographs going back to the First World War and are happy to share them.

Contact can be made as follows. email info@hootonparktrust.co.uk web www.hootonparktrust.co.uk

I hope that this information is useful.

This looks like the Kindasah statue, one of Jeddah Corniche's first statues, and was made from some of the boilers from the old desalinisation plant.

Departure from rain soaked Beira - It was a nice town!