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AIR MINISTRY,
STRAND,
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LONDON, W.C. 2.
February, 1922
All letters on the undermentioned subject should be addressed to THE SECRETARY at the above address and should quote:
Air Ministry Refce, 321265/22/c.G.C.A.
SUBJECT:-
sir,
Your Refce.
Proposed flight round the World.
I am commanded by the Air Council to state, for the information of the Secretary of State for the Colonies, that it is proposed to attempt a flight round the world about the middle of April of this year. The machine to be used will be a Vickers "Viking" Amphibian and the personnel will consist of Sir Ross Smith (pilot), Sir Keith Smith (navigator) and James Bennett (mechanic).
As at present arranged the machine will fly by the following route:-
Lyons
Rome
Athens
France
Italy
Greece
Sollum
Cairo
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Amman
Egypt
Palestine
Baghdad
Basra
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Iraq.
Bunder Abbas
Persia
Karachi
Delhi
Allahabad
India
Calcutta
Mandalay
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office,
S.W.1.