CO129-513-9 Proposals for civil and commercial aviation in Hong Kong- requests for air-routes between Hong Kong... 13-11-1928 - 30-9-1929 — Page 132

The present plan is to follow the zʊute given below,

but the final decisions as to the aztent of the flight will

be decided in Nanking with the National Government.

is possible that alterations will be made.

So it

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Canton to Bankow................

Hankow to Nanking *******

.................250 miles

....300 miles

Hanking to Kai Peng ...................................325 miles

Nanking to reiping ......................................575 miles

alternative route.

Kai Feng to Feiping .................................296 milee

Peiping to lukden .....................................400 milos

Mukden to Tientsin ......................................390 miles

Tientsin to shanghai ................................540 miles

Shangbai to danton ........................................760 miles

Total ...............

.3,660 miles

THE FIRST STAGE.

The first stage is the most important as it directly

concerns the province of Lwangtune, and in particular the

air services that will eventually operate from Canton to the

North, so it deserves special attention.

Upon leaving Canton the aviators have to f17 Northward

upen a compase course approximately N.N.Z. They will note f

nature of the country over which they fly, inspect the fial:

and open spaces near the large tows over which their flight

takes them, and form opinions as to the suitability of the rivers for the purpose of operating seaplanes.

For the first 130 miles they will have the Pei Klang

North Kiver about 20 miles upon their left, then as they

approach the boarder line of the province of Yunnan and Kangsi

they will be faced with a range of mountains 4,000 feet high.

After passing these they will have huge lains stret

for hundreds of miles to their left and right, then who abou

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