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SECOND TAKE ON FRED NORONHA'S OF OCT 22 If one takes the position of Rear Admiral Sinha, then pre-Liberation Dabolim airfield is said to have had "a runway of 7,800 feet and an old apron (military dispersal)". A civil dispersal was constructed separately on the 15 acres given to AAI in 1966. This seems to weigh the issue down in favour of the Navy. But then who knows if there were "absolutely" no civil flights at Dabolim in Portuguese times? Did the ex-rulers and civilians only travel by military flights? What kind of planes used Dabolim in those days anyway? They would have had to be reasonably long range planes to cross the Arabian Sea non-stop. Why would any Dakotas or Viscounts want to operate in tiny Goa? Did any Boeing 707 jets ever make an appearance at Dabolim since they entered the aviation scene in the late 1950s?
