I took this picture in January 1960 when we were under canvas in Bahrain for some Exercise. The idea of the picture was to open the shutter for some time, with the camera on a tripod on the Control Tower balcony...It was pitch dark and I thought I would just get the airport lights and perhaps the odd aircraft lights streaks as they took off or landed. Being totally dark I did not know that there was an parked aircraft present and did not see it till the film was developed some time later. Some people do not easily see the aircraft, but it is left of centre above the signals square lights. We discussed how it got there and it was generally agreed that vehicles driving on a road behind the Tower had swept the DC3 with their headlights and illuminated it dimly and briefly enough times for it to register on the film.
Here we are in the "Squadron Crewroom" tent...Left to right Tim Riddihough, Alastair MacNab and Tim Cohu... Note the floor!
These pictures emerge as I continue to dust off, clean and scan my old transparencies to convert them into decent digital pictures :flying:
