Leaving Bulkhavest within a few haus of is arrival, Capt. d'Oisy April 25. shaped' a course for Aleppo, 940 miles distant which he covered in Lert than eight hours, Graversing the Taurus Mountains at an alUitute. of over 10,000 feet.
arrived at Basra on the evening Of the 2th, leaving on the 27th Yor Karachi, Descending. at Bushive April 28 to deliver an oficial fewer to the French Ate Mission, he Toft the same day for Bunder Abbas, which city, a8 fay as can be Estimated from the cables, Tanded on the evening of April 28.
(Om May 1 Shanghai was. again startled by a Reuter message in the Press announcing the arrival of Capt, @Oisy at Karachi on the afternoon of April 80, thereby creating a record for a flight from Europe to India, his time being 983 actual flying hours, Following an overhaul of the machine, a Bréguet XIX sesquiplane, pilot and Sgt. Vesin left Karachi on May 3 or don the next lap across India, He stopped at Agra, approximately half way to Calcutta, accomplishing the ing 750 miles to that port in Ghr. 36min. landing atthe Dum-Dum Accodrome, Calcutta at 1 o'clock on the afternoon of May 5.
After being held up for four days to enable slight repairs to be made to the wings of his machine, he Toft Calcutta at 5.50 on the morning. of May 9, arriving at Rangoon at 1 pam, covering the 810 miles bee tween Calcutta and Rangoon in six and a half hours. Tt had been his intention to proceed direct to Saigon, but he was obliged to and at the Burmese en pital owing to the rapid evaporation of the water in his radiator and a burst tyre. This part of the journey proved expecially trying, as he had to eross mountains shrouded—in dense clouds. He reached Bangkok on 10, departing on the Tith for Saigon. A strong head-wind prevailed on the 500-mile Aight from Bangkok to Saigon, several storms necessitating Capt. daisy's ascent to 9,000 metres. He reached Saigon on May 12, making
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