PLANE FOR IRAK
NATIVE PURCHASING OWN MACHINE. !_ LONDON, November 10. A native of Irak who has gone through a flying! course in America, recently set out for his native land confident that there is a great- future for aviation there. His machine was taken to Beirut by steamer and from that port he was to fly to Bagdad a distance of more than 1000 miles, following the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers and crossing the northern part <jf the Arabian Desert. The. aeroplai •> is caned the “Magic Carpet,” and unlike the magic carpet in the Arabian Nights, has accomodation for four people. Before it was shipped from America an artist spent ia week painting a mag'c carpet on the fuselage. The , owner’s idea is to establish the first aviation, undertaking on a commercial basis in Irak, and ho had made arrangements for additional machines to ho- supplied a?, his busness expands.
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Hokitika Guardian, 12 November 1932, Page 6
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150PLANE FOR IRAK Hokitika Guardian, 12 November 1932, Page 6
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