Tragic End of Flight from Warsaw to Baghdad and Cairo Baghdad, July 31.
An ambitious attempt at a nonstop flight from Warsaw by the Polish Lieutenant Kalina, pilot, and Lieutenant Czalas, observer, has. ended tragically. "Their intention was to fly to Baghdad and Cai and back to Warsaw. Their Pokker monoplane was fitted with three Wright-whirlwind engines. The roar of these engines at the con-lesion of their non-stop trip from Warsaw was heard in Baghdad at two in the morning and flares were lit at the RAP. Aerodrome at Himaidi, but the pilot circled over the ity, postponing landing—till the dawn." AL five o'clock" they crashed into the aerodrome's flood-protection bank. Lieut. Czalas was Killed and Lieut. Kalina and. the mechanic slightly injured.
A party of French officers three aeroplanes flying from Syria on a courtesy visit to the 5th Squadron of the R.A.P. at Baghdad encountered a dense sandstorm and two machines crashed on landing. The aviators were not injured. The third arrived safely and the RAP. located. the stranded party salved their engines. The French men burned their damaged ma-
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