Flickr user Charles Roffey has uploaded some terrific photographs his father took while conducting research in Yemen and Aden, circa 1950.
Sultan’s Palace, July 1954, originally uploaded by CharlesFred.
Suk outside Sultan’s Palace, originally uploaded by CharlesFred.
In the desert – at the waterhole, originally uploaded by CharlesFred.
In the desert of Yemen, originally uploaded by CharlesFred.
Arabia Felix – The Bel Harif, originally uploaded by CharlesFred.
First trip to England – Aden Airlines, originally uploaded by CharlesFred.
Chris is most often found flying a desk, but he delights in studying the Golden Age of Aviation (1919-1939). He admires all the pioneering men and women who navigated the skies with nothing more sophisticated than a map, compass and sextant—and the conviction that there was no place they could not reach.
