London, Mar. 30, An Armstrong-Siddeley air-liner, Snavgurating the Imperial Airways service to India, left Croydon at! 10 o'clock this morning en route to Basle, Switzerland, on the first stage of a 5,000-mile flight. The pilot is Captain A, S, Wileockson.
1 There was a complete absence of fuss when the first airliner to India departed to the scheduled minute, The Minister of Air, Sir Samuel Hoare, his secretary, Major Bullock, Air Vice-Marshal Sit A, YVyvyan and one of the Air Minis riy's directors on the board of Imperial Airways were the only passengers.
Three hundred and _sixty-four pounds of mail are being carried on hoard the "plane—Reuter.
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