The Trucial Coast · event 3 of 5

1937

The first airfield agreement. Imperial Airways flying boats begin using the Creek as a staging point on the route to India, bringing the first regular air link and a small annual payment.

The The Trucial Coast era

  1. 1901
  2. 1929–1930s
  3. 1937
  4. 1958
  5. 1961

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