Air Under-Secretary to Visit Outlying R.A.F. Stations
British Official Wireless
Reed. 11.6 a.m. RUGBY, Monday. The Under-Secretary of State for Air, Sir Philip will leave England by air on September 29 to visit the Royal Air Force stations in Malta, the Middle East, Iraq and India. The route to be follq,wed will be Plymouth, Marseilles, Naples, Athens and Cairo, whence a visit will be made by air to the Air Force squadrons at Khartum, Amman, Bagdad, the Persian Gulf, and Karachi. The type of aircraft employed for the greater part of the tour will be a
Blackburn-Iris flying-boat, with three Rolls-Royce Condor engines, and manned by a normal service crew. This is the latest type of flying-boat adopted by the Royal Air Force, and it is desired to obtain experience of its capabilities on an extended cruise under varying conditions. Sir Philip Sassoon will spend nine days in India and will inspect the air squadrons in that country. He will leave Karachi on October 24 for England in the Iris, which is due at Plymouth on November 6. On the return journey, Sir Philip Sassoon will visit Malta.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 468, 25 September 1928, Page 9
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188Air Under-Secretary to Visit Outlying R.A.F. Stations Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 468, 25 September 1928, Page 9
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