Arrival of the Aeroplane "CAFTON" at Nanyuan, Peiping
(Faking).
A long distance flight undertaken in China.
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For the first time a long distance flight undertaken by
Chinese in this country was successfully done by Chang Hmi-
ch'ang, Chief of the Aeronautic Department of Kwantung, who
was accompanied by Pilot Yang X'uan-yu and Huang Ya-p1ai,
President of the Kwangtung Aviation school. They started
from Nanking at 7.30 a.m. on November 19th and were expected
to arrive in Peking at & p.m. the same day;
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when they reached the neighbourhood of Tientsin they had
to encounter a fog which became so thick that they were
forced to land at Langfang, on the Peking-Tientsin Railway,
and rang the night there. They resumed their journey at
9.30 a.m. the following day and after twenty minutes' flying
arrived in Peking.
State of Landing.
before their arrival preparation had been made to give
the aviators a rousing welcome at Naryuan.
Among those who
had gone to Banyuan for the occasion were Wei Yun-sang and
Yang Yi-yu, representatives of rai Tsung-ùsi ; Ho dh'i-kang,
Mayor of Peking; Liu Feng-ch'ih and Wang Sse-chiang, repres-
enting the Headquarters of the Garrison Commander; Chao Erh-
k'uan, Chief of the Bureau of rublic Safety; Chao Chang-ping,
Head of the Social Bureau; M. Darqué, Instructor of the
French Aviation School; and some twenty British and American
officers, There were also a band and one infantry regiment.
At about 10 o'clock in the morning of November 20th,
there appeared in the Southeastern sky something like a
black spot which grow bigger and bigger as the aeroplane
approached.
After making a round-sity tour the aviators
landed on the Nanyuan aerodrom at 10.15 amid the oneers
of the weloomers.
Reception/
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