The Archive · 1928

The German Flight to Tokyo

Baron Huenefeld Ready to Fly to Bangkok Bagdad, Sept. 21.

Baron von Huenefeld, who left Berlin on the 18th in the aeroplane Europa in an attempt to reach Tokyo in eight days, arrived here today and, later, departed for Bushire—Reuter.

Karachi, Sept. 2 Baron von Huenefeld, the German' trans-Atlantic airman, who left]

Berlin on September 18 in the aeroplane Europa on a flight to the Far East, has arrived here, His next hop is to Bangkok, whence he will fly to Nanking for the final stage to Tokyo.—Reuter, Attempting to Fly By Mandalay Allahabad, Huenefeld, the lan tie airman, left here this morning the Europa. He proposes flying to Tokyo by the hitherto unknown route Mandalay-Canton-Nanking.

He is hoping to make non-stop ight to Mandalay to-day, but the weather in the Bay of Bengal is uncertain—Reuter.

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