[Red Steel]

More from what you found.... Narobia had a modern International Airport that opened in 1958. Various pics.

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Nairobi Embakasi

Nairobi Embakasi was opened in May 1958 by the Governor. The Queen Mother was unable to undertake the official opening owing to her QANTAS Constellation being delayed due to engine trouble. The Queen Mother had been on an official visit to Australia.

Embakasi's austere entrance (left) taken shortly after the airport opened in 1958. Another view (right) of the entrance featuring the East African Airways half decker coach which ferried passengers to and from Nairobi Note also the Ford Zephyr Mk 1, the Peugeot 202 estate car and the Mark 2 Ford Zephyrs in the background - PHOTOs (left) Malcolm McCrow and (right) Ron Bullock

Photographs from Ron Bullock of an Air France Super 'G' Constellation, a BOAC Britannia 312 and East African Airways Canadair Argonaut. By 1960 BOAC had reverted to its original plan and used the Britannia 102 on Flight BA 161 to Nairobi via Rome, Khartoum and Entebbe.

Air India introduced the Boeing 707 (left) and Alitalia the DC-8 (right) to Nairobi in 1961. In December 1960 South African Airways ran one of their Boeing 707s off the runway without serious damage to the aircraft or passengers.

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http://www.mccrow.org.uk/eastafrica/NairobiAirport/Nairobi%20Airports.htm

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Stanley Ann and her Kenyan husband could have traveled with ease in and out of Kenya when Obama Jr. was born.

[sometime lurker]

I remembered that a lot of this had been discussed months ago, and someone even found detailed flight schedules (if I remembered who, I would give credit.) Exactly right they had Comet 4s and page 93 even mentions the schedule: “twice weekly London-Nairobi flights” as of Jan 12 1960, with increased flights starting Jan 1962. Daily flights were started May 1962. We figured a flight time, assuming perfect connections - which I have to say would be extremely unlikely - of at least 36 hours.