Subject: Long distance flight undertaken by General Chang
BRI-GAVAHg ( canton Aviation Marsak}".
From:-
The Military Attaché,
H. B. M. Legation, Peking.
89
REPORT IV.
British Legation,
roking.
29th November, 1926.
sir.
I have the honour to forward herewith a translation from
a Chinese (Peking) paper on above subject. It is useful as
it gives a short Biographical sketch of the participants in
the enterprise and the details of the flight since they left
Gant on.
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These details are correct with the exception of the usual
●mggeration as to number of Foreign officers present,
British Military Officers were present.
The French Aviation School Instructor is M. jarque, an
ex-pilot of the shreek Aviation firm, now instructor at
Taiyuan-fu.
The American Military attache and some of his assistants
went down to sanyuan but were not present when the plane
actually arrived. In conversation with the Attaché he was
very careful to point out that this was a commercial propos-
ition. He added that the State Department of America having
now permitted the sale of commercial (sic) planes to China,
he expected great things from this flight.
I was also informed that some French planes recently
purchased by the Canton Government have been far fron
satisfactory. I have not been able to get confirmation
of this statement.
The plane has since landed safely at Mukden.
Enelos. Translation.
sir Miles Lampson, KOMA.
H.B.M. Minister,
Peking.
I have etc.,
(signed) G. BADHAM-THORNHILL a
Colonel.
Military At també.