Sharjah Museums Authority marks nine decades of evolution in country’s aviation scene

Ninety years ago on October 5, an HP42 airliner, called Hanno, made a landing in Sharjah from the UK on way to India carrying four passengers.

To mark the UAE’s Civil Aviation Day and the anniversary of the Imperial Airways aircraft’s first landing at the region’s first airport ‘Sharjah Air Station — Al Mahatta’ in 1932 that served as a connecting bridge between the East and the West,…