A novel ~ in 1978 a small contingent of Rhodesian Air Force pilots ferried 18 Cessna 337G air planes to the beleaguered country from Europe.This event, which has never been published, has formed the basis for a story of how a group of pilots are able to ferry similar sized planes to South Africa to interrupt the investiture of the first black president of the Republic.

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Considers how the languages of dress in the region connect with other social practices, and with political and religious conformity in particular. Treating cases as diverse as practices of veiling in Oman and dress reform laws in Turkey, these ethnographic studies extend from Malta to the ME and Caucasus.

On 24 June 1948 Lucius D. Clay, the Commanding General of the American Forces in Europe, ordered that all disposable transport aircraft should be made available for flights to Berlin. His order marked the beginning of the largest ever humanitarian supply campaign carried out entirely by air transport, the Berlin Airlift. Clay was well aware of the political significance of his decision. The aim was to overcome the blockade mounted by the Soviet Union by supplying the western sectors of the city via air corridors. The political and historical background of the Berlin Airlift have been well rese.