[Libyan Desert map] World Aeronautical Chart 544 - Strait of Jubal (Egypt - Saudi Arabia)

USAF 1/1M chart colour printed to the recto 74x56cm, with supporting text, keys, index maps, and correction instructions to the verso. Very good, neatly folded, lightly tanned. This edition dates to the period of growing tensions over Suez, shortly before Egypt repealed the Anglo-Egyptian Treaty (1936). First published in December 1948, this "3rd Edition Revised" contains air information current to June 1951 with a note stating "Minor changes on this edition do not obsolete previous 3rd Edition printing". The Nile runs approximately down the centre from the Aswan Prohibited Area in the south via the Luxor Control Zone to Al Minya in the north, just within the Cairo Control Area. The Western or Libyan Desert is shown to the west, including Dakhla and Karijah (Kharga) Oases, with settlements, dune belts, desert tracks and notes about terrain etc. To the east is part of the Eastern Desert and the Red Sea coast from the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula to Gebel Hamata. A small part of Saudi Arabia is shown to the NE with international border running through the Gulf of Aqaba, and note "Warning - Flying is prohibited over Saudi Arabian Cities". Altitude is colour shaded. Extensive physical and human geographical features are shown, and cultural sites including tombs and ruins. An abandoned railway is traced from the port of Bur Safajah stopping short of Qana on the Nile. This had been intended to transport phosphates from Kharga, but apparently was not completed. Aeronautical information includes aerodromes, airfields, navigation lights, radio facilities, airspace and radio range, restricted areas etc.…