History of Nigerian aviation will be incomplete without the mention of Maiduguri and Kano city, where the first aircraft landed in Nigeria on November 1, 1925.
A book by Vincent Orange: “Coningham: A Biography of Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham”, vividly captured the expedition.
Led by the then Flight Lt. Coningham, the air trip began from Helwan (a town in Egypt) to Kano, with several stopovers with Egypt, Sudan and N’Djamena – then known as Fort Lamy.
Excerpts from pages 44 to 46 of the book revealed details about the journey, including how the pilots played polo with Emir of Zazzau, Ibrahim Kwasau and how Shehu of Borno Sanda Kura offered them rams.
Credit: Vincent Orange, Center for Air Force History,