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1929 - 0785.PDF
FLIGHT, APRIL 18, 1929 m f" FLIGHT " Photograph INDIA-ENGLAND AIR MAIL : The passengers of the first Westward trip. Reading from left to right— Maj. H. G. Brackley (second pilot) ; Air Vice-Marshal Sir Geoffrey Salmond ; Sir Samuel Hoare (who joined the party at Alexandria) ; the Hon. Eve Chetwynd ; Viscount Chetwynd ; Air Vice-Marshal Sir Vyell Vyvyan ; and Capt. O. P. Jones, pilot of the " City of Glasgow." he hacin fl °W1"^tOKsand storms that, on several occasions, exderlence » £ % W' U was" how«-er. a most pleasantX Ti »? llhant starshine ™* one of the loveliest o e!'er See" A1th»"Rh there was no moon or <«am\atlon for ni?ht flying, the pilots were quiteb ,they kncw tlu' route so well WaS confident that w"hen the service was properlv Plenty °f P^n^ : at present o ty regarding accommodation for passengers -to ^ ^ St°PPmS Places " T am ™«lv," het0 !"ake the journey again right awav ! " " out^ard mail. «hich left Crovdon on April 6, ar^hi on April 13, one hour before schedule «->mid td h hid at nn addel Th arrivetime V ^ p 13 low «->mi prevented the thir London-India Mail from being despatched from Croydon by air. It was therefore sent by car to Penhurst and there transferred to a Handley Page air liner which proceeded on the first section to Basel. Air Vice-Marshal Sir Sefton Brancker, Director of Civil Aviation, who has been called abroad on an official mission at short notice and will be away for about a fortnight, was a passenger on this machine. He is going to Athens to negotiate with the Greek authorities for the continuance of the Imperial Airways London-India Air Mail Service. He was accompanied by Colonel H. Burchall, assistant general manager of Imperial Airways. Pending a final agreement, the Greek Government has given temporary sanction for the operation of the Air Mail Service through Greek territory. INDIA ITM [" to-vnn" Photofrapks from T«7ij £ND AIR MA1L : Some of those Present at Croydon to greet the first arrival India Hi!' /FOm left to right-The Hon. Eve Chetwynd, the first woman to fly from S?r Ail Lo°don' witn Lady Maude Hoare, the first woman to fly from London to India • sir « ady Cobham—Sir Alan surveyed the London-India air route in 1924-25 • Office?"? aDH Lady Instone- Mrs R^hard (wife of Maj. Richard, Chief Aerodromelcer» ^roydon) ; and Lieut.-Comdr. S. E. Deacon, Officer-in-charge of Lympne. 313
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