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1920
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FEBRUARY 5, 1920 to •00os WH PO 6 OS u is possible, pilots will, during the progress of the journey,receive reports of the actual weather conditions ahead of them. (A copy of this chart is reproduced herewith.)Customs clearance may be carried out by competitors at their home aerodromes instead of Hounslow, as is usual.The French Government is co-operating in this matter and has, as a special concession, waived the necessity for the usualcompulsory halt for Customs examination at Le Bourget aerodrome, so that flights may be made without stopping atLyons. In order that competing pilots shall be able to report progress with the least possible delay and keep in touchwith their respective firms, special facilities for the dispatch of priority messages by cable and land line have been granted.The diagrammatic route chart and the attached tabular statement give further details. Aerodrome. EGYPT. Heliopolis* Helouan*Wasta Samamut Assiut Kara Luxor Edf uAssouant El AJaquiToshki Gharb . . Wadi Halta ' .. Station 6StatioD 10 Shereik Atbara ShendiKhartoumf JebeleinEliri Duk Farwill Mongalla Nimule .. Jinjaf .. BR. S. AFRICA.Kisumu TANGANYIKA TERRITORY. Snirati .. Mwanzaf Shinyanza TaborafZimba .. N. RHODESIA.Abercorn N"dolaBroken Hillf .. Livingstone S. RHODESIA. Bulawayo BECHUANALAND. Palapwe UNION OF S. AFRICA. PretoriatJohannesburgt Blomionteinf ..Victoria, Westt Beaufort, Westf Touws River ..Cape Townt • .. Distances Map location. 30.07 29-5529.20 28.18 27-10 26.05 25.43 N., 31.25 N., 31.14 N., 31.12 N., 30.42 N., 31.12 N., 23.03 N., 32.38 24-57 N., 32.52 24.05 23.08 22.30 2 5*55 20.45 19.42 18.47 17.42 16.42 15.37 12.37 10.14 7-30 5-12 3-36 0.27 0. 5 1.07 2.32 3.36 5-01 7-52 8,49 12.58 14.27 N., 32.54N., 32-45 N., 31-52 N., 31.18 N-, 32-35N., 33.08 N., 33-35 N., 33.58 E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. N., 33.26 E. N., 32.32 N., 32-53 N., 30.42 N., 31.36 N., 31-47 N., 32.03 N., 3313 S., 34.46 S., 34- 0 s., 32.55 S., 33.20 S., 32.50 S., 31.52 s., 31-23 S., 28.38 S., 38.27 I7-5O S., 25.48 20.10 22.32 25-5326.11 29.05 3!-24 S.( 28.30 S., 27-15 S., 29.06 S., 28.07 S., 26.13 S., 23.07 32.20 S., 22.35 33.17 S-, 20. 5 33.56 S., 18.30 N. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E E E E.E. E E E E. E E E E E E E EE and Facilities Miles last pre- ceding aero- drome. 18- 40- 2 2 76-0 83- 02- 43' 55" 59'66 71 5382 80 69 6 3 5 3 8 3 4 9 4 5 9 76-0 74 208 220 198 159no 231 4 5 3 9 3 0 4 7 113-0 88 123 79103 207 79 336 103 290 237 182 257 64 230 243 71 158 142 8 •5 •0 •5 4 •2 •0 •0 •6 •6 •O •7 •3 •4 •2 •5 •0 •0 Alti- tude feet. 50 60 70 90 130 185 235265 295 335 375 410 650 1,110 1,130 1,150 1,200 1,245 2,437 2,450 2,400 2,650 2,860 3,75O 3,76o 3,680 2,730 3.65O 3,930 2,580 5,500 4,220 3,8742,990 4,485 3,oii 4,500 6,ooo 4,500 4,164 2,792 2,500 50 Stores. P Petrol. O Oil W Water P.O.W. P.O.W.w. W. (4) P.O.W. w.w. w.P.O.W. w.w. P.O.W. w.w. w.P.O.W. w.P.O.W. P.O.W.P.O.W. w.P.O.W. •> P.O.W. P.O.W. w.P.O.W. •> p.d.w.w. P.O.W. w.P.O.W. P.O.W. P.O.W. P.O.W. P.O.W. P.O.W. P.O.W.P.O.W. P.O.W. P.O.W.P.O.W. Communication (distance inmiles): R = RailRo = Road. T = Telegraph S = Steamer. Tp = Telephone R., Ro., T. R., Ro., T.R., T. (6 m.) R-, T. (7 m.) R. (2 m.), T. (6 m.)R., T. R., T. (6 ru.l R.,T.R., T. T., S.tT., S.t R., S., T. R., T.R., T. R. (3 m.) R., T. R. (2j m.)R., Ri., T. S. T. (2 m.)T. 8 m.) T., W. T. (2 m.) S. R., S., T. R., S., T. S.S., T. R., T.R., T. T. R., T. (ii m.)R., T. R., T. (2j m.) R. (li m.), T (2J m.) R., T. R., T. (2 m.) R., T. (3 m.) R., T. (2I m.)R., T (1 m.) R., T. (2i m.) R., T. (2 m.)R., T. (1 m.) Accommodation is available only at points marked — • For machines and personnel. t For personnel. t Rail at Wadi Haifa. THE VICKERS FLIGHT SOME details are now available concerning the flight ofthe Vickers-Vimy-Rolls commercial biplane which left Brook- lands on January 24. With the assistance of the Air Ministry,and the co-operation of Messrs. Vickers, Ltd., The Times, on the initiative of Lord Northcliffe, have arranged for themachine to fly over the " all-red " route from Cairo to the Cape. The flight, besides testing the practical utility of theair route, will be in the nature of a definite scientific explora- tion. To this end Dr. Peter Chalmers Mitchell, C.B.E.,D.Sc, LL.D., F.R.S., a member of The Times staff, and for many years secretary of the Zoological Society, will be onthe machine during its flight across Africa. The crew of the machine consists of Capt. S. Cockerell (pilot), Capt. F. C.Broome, D.F.C. (pilot), Sergt.-Maj. James Wyatt, M.S.M -i -%• V, in.
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