Great strides have been made in China since the days of my explorations, and since my return to Ydnnon in 1994 the China National Aviation Company had established "an alr service between Yunnanfu and Chungking, vid Kweiyang the capital of Kweichow. Thus it occurred to me why not charter their Ford trimotor plane called the Kunming and fly to the Likiang snow range and through the mighty Yangtze gorge? I communicated with Capt, Allison of the company in Shanghai through Mr. O'Hara the pilot of the Kunming line asking if it were possible to charter the plane for such a journey. While fying from Shanghai to Pel-ping in November 1935 I learned from the pilot, Mr, Mitchel, that the trip had been' approved and on my return to Yanan 1 Jost no time to arrange for the trip. February third was set as the date for this historic and memorable flight.
(Concluding next week)
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