INDIA TO ENGLAND
INDIAN FLIER QUALIFIES FOR £SOO PRIZE MOHAN SINGH’S ILL LUCK LONDON, Friday. The first Indian to fly to England from India, Mr. Chawli, landed near Thetford, Norfolk, today. He said he left India on March 3. He was detained at many places by fog, rain and wind, and had three forced landings. His flying time was 70 hours. It is recalled that the Aga Khan offered a prize of £SOO for the first Indian to fly between England and India.
The flight of Mr. Chawli from India to England defeats the purpose of the young Indian student, Man Mohan Singh, who began a solo flight from Croydon to India early in January, with the intention of winning the Aga Khan’s prize of £SOO. Singh was forced down shortly after the start of his flight, and although he made a second attempt several weeks later, he was dogged by ill-luck, and presumably abandoned the project. PIPER AND KAY NEW ZEALANDERS AT JAVA SINGAPORE, Friday. The New Zealand airmen, FlyingOfficers Piper and Kay, -who are flying from England to Australia, arrived at Sourabaya, Java, this evening. They will leave for Timor tomorrow morn-
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 928, 22 March 1930, Page 9
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194INDIA TO ENGLAND Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 928, 22 March 1930, Page 9
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