"ملف 7/4 شؤون الطيران وسلاح الجوّ" [و‎‎٦‎٠] (٥٠٦/١٢٦)

tlon is fron being an exact science* The pilot on the 1o&cout,
F/L Gandy, had pa sed back a message giving the e xct time of
our arrival at Balmh and Yas, a message which surprised me as
we had passed no point by which our position could be checked
for over half an hour. Shortly after .he time specified, we
flew over two islands, but they seewd very small and upon ma-
king inquiries it was discovered that they were Karnain and
Zirko I It was now d cided to make straight for Abu Dhabi,
which we reached at I p#m. after some 4$ ho rs flying*
5# I disembarked with the ing Commander, and having no tiui
time to waste set out for the fornt, sending a mn on ah&ad to
announce our arrival# Shortly after ray arrival, ( we were
shown to a shaded spot at the sMe of the formt weher a carpet
had been spread ) Shaikh Bhakhboot arrived with several relation
and apologised for not having been ready earlier, but that he
had been aileep, and had not known of my visit. He was friendly
and expressed a desire to see the plane, and on our return he
rowed out to the plane, but only had time for a very cursory
glance* He took some time to find a boat to come out in and
we preceded him finding the crew of the plane to fully occupied
from preventing the greater part of Abu Dhabi from se»wrming over
the machine. A boat carrying out some of his relations capsized
but all swam to shore.
6« It appears that this is the first time a plane has been
to Abu Dhabi, and our reception was excellent. We were parti-
culary requested to fly round the town low down on our departure
so that all might have a good look at the machine. Incidental
ly there was a little difficulty in getting off the water.
fttiat impressed the local ir^abitante most war that we proposed
to get to Ras-e1~Khaimah in two hours, and not the fact that we
had we had come from Bahrein in 4^*. As I have said above,
nothing was known of sjy impending visit, which was a pity.
7* ?e arrived at Ras-el-Khaimah punctually at 5 p.m. and
the Residency Agent came ofx at once. I disembarked, and half
an ho r later received the Shaikh. He was a little # dt±tm±±e