Chungking, Mar. 3.
The Imperial Airways survey flight machine received a most enthusiastic reception yesterday afternoon upon its arrival at Kunming, capital of Yunnan province, from Lashio. The machine only carried pilots, a wireless operator and a machine.
Since the arrival of the Imperial Airways plane marked the first foreign aeroplane officially permitted to enter Chinese territory, and also the first Imperial Airways machine to do so, many Chinese officials turned out to welcome the plane at the airfield, and gave a reception in honour of the crew.
The survey flight machine is expected to return to Rangoon this
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