Lands Unexpectedly at the Lunghua Aerodrome A tiny blue Puss Moth monoplane appeared over the" Bund on Aug.
and after a preliminary cit= cling of the waterfront and the ity, landed at the Lunghua Municipal Airport some ten minutes later, Out of it stepped a tall, black-bearded, bespectacled man of 35, wearing a blue felt hat, a light coat, and khaki shorts, and an older man, clad in a more conventional lounge sult, The younger man was Captain Francis Chichester, the plot, one of New fading aviators, the older man being Mr. F, Herrick, also. Now Zealand, passenger and ce-pilot. Both are engaged on a leisurely, eared free fight to London from Sydney, and hope to fy on from Shanghai, through Manchoukuo and Siberia, t0 Archangel, The crowd that turned out to meet them was small, as it was expected that they would be held up by bad weather. Word was suddenly received, however, that they had taken off from Foochow at 11 a.m. and on hand to meet them were Mr.'E. A. Fowles, of the Asiatic Petroleum Ca., Major 'C. S. Lee, commandant of Shanghai Airports, Major Tam Chao, commandant of the Lunghua aero: drome, a representative of the Omce of HM, Air Attache, and a number sentatives, oficial examined the luggage contained in the few small suitcases that the two took out of the plane, and Captain Chichester and Mr. Herrick then repaired to the C.N.AC, canteen for a much-needed "Lunch."
The Aight calls for a high degree of navigating skill, as much of it is over country that is indifferently charted, but the two are sublimely confident of getting through safely. 'They started out from Sydney, flying here by way of Timor, Slam, and Hongkong, Permission' has" been secured from Manchoukuo to fly over that country, but Captain Chichester stil. waiting for permission from the Russian authorities, and it is probable that he will fly up to Nanking to try and secure permission for the flight to Archangel,
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