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 74

2 enclosures.

No. 5 (and

copy)

Copies to:- F. 0. No.2

Mr. Brenan to Sir Miles Lampson.

Hongkong No.15

G.O.C., Hongkong

C-in-C.

emel to

H.B.M.Consulate General,

Canton.

January 14th, 1929.

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Sir,

In continuation of my despatch No. 178 of the

15th November, I have the honour to enclose a copy of

a further memorandum by Mr. Vaughan-Fowler dealing with

the latest developments in aviation in South China.

General Chang Wei Chang (or Cheung Wai Jung

2.

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the young chief of the Canton Aviation Department completed

his flight round China by returning to Canton on the 18th

December, when he was received with an enthusiastic welcome

by the officials and populace of his native town. In the

course of his journey he had visited Hankow, Nanking,

Peking, Mukden, Tientsin, Shanghai and Nanchang, a total

distance of 3600 miles, and he told me that he had only

one forced landing, to the South of Peking. He was

troubled with dust storms in the North and had to fly high

to avoid damage to the engine, but on the other hand the

plains of North China provided unlimited landing grounds

in case of emergency.

Between Canton and Hankow he said

that he hardly ever saw a flat field of more than a 100

yards in length and a descent would have meant a crash.

The authorities were, he told me, now engaged in preparing

al

His Majesty's Minister,

Peking.