https://autojosh.com/first-aircraft-land-nigeria-kano-1925/


The history of Nigerian aviation can be traced back to November 1, 1925, when the first aircraft to ever land in Nigerian landed in Kano.

90 years ago, an aircraft belonging to the Royal Airforce (RAF) – De Havilland DH 9A – touched down Nigeria.

The air trip to Nigeria from Helwan (a town in Egypt) was led by the then Flight Lt. Coningham.

Nigerians awaited the arrival of the aircraft re-scheduled to land by 5pm. At 5.10 pm on 1 November 1925, Coningham landed the aircraft on a polo ground outside Kano’s ancient walls.

There were crowds of about 20,000 people who came to witness the first aircraft to land in Nigeria.

Vincent Orange’s book, the “Coningham: A Biography of Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham”, vividly captured the expedition.

Kano residents only saw plane again ten years after the Coninghams’ departure when Imperial Airways aircraft landed during the reign of Emir Abdullahi Bayero in 1935.

Coningham who is the pilot that landed the first aircraft in Nigeria was presumed dead on January 30, 1948 when the airliner he was flying to Bermuda got missing off the coast of USA. Hi death remains one of the unsolved mysteries of the aviation history. His whereabouts is still not known till date.


https://autojosh.com/first-aircraft-land-nigeria-kano-1925/

That was the beginning of flights in Nigeria. .. many decades later the country can't even boast of an airline.

Aircraft be like Benz carburetor

Lol. It looks like the one the Wright brothers used for experiment at Raleigh, NC in those days.

That na achievement?

peteruuu:


Aircraft be like Benz carburetor

Lwkmd!!
Mercedes Benz C230 1994 model



Small breeze blow the am, the plane be #turningoninown

And Nigeria cannot even boast of a National Airline..

SMH...

I'm sure the carcass is no where to be found. It would have been a good tourist edifice but what do I know..

If you think the aircraft is like butterfly a.k.a. Labalaba, pls gather here

The north is so blessed.
Wow

MJBOLT:

i still remember that day vividly,when the plane showed up people were running thinking the world has ended.the good old days

lmao

Seun, Lalasticlala, Myndd44, Dominique............ Please give us election result updates instead of roads and aircrafts that have been hitting the front page since

@Op You Cannot Distract Us From This Election Results


PDP All The Way


Shame On APC

At least it can still help lift bubu's bags back to daura.

That Aircraft looks like a Massey Ferguson tractor with wings

Why are u guies disturbing us with the history of Kano?

Good one, but why didn't they take buhari's family as they were leaving? �

I think Kano was also honored yo be the first town in Nigeria to be visited by the Queen of England

OK

Okk

Saw the pics at emir's place when on an excursion as a corper in 2004. .. Bought some voluminuous books there too,..

Election time stop this madness

Even get

Don't him, his post on nl is 101% of plagiarism including mr explorer.
E-Digital Intellectual thieves

kingreign:


Stop stealing people's intellectual property. Learn to acknowledge authors.

You clearly lifted this news from here, https://www.topnews.ng/this-is-the-first-aircraft-to-land-in-nigeria-it-landed-in-kano-photo/
And you didn't even care to reference them. This is plagiarism.