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INDIA’S LARGEST PAGEANT HINDU LADY PILOTS, AIRMINDEDNESS IN INDIA, (United Fraei Anoclatlen— By CableCopyright.) (Received IL 9.35 a.m.) Delhi, Dec. 10. The biggest flying meeting yet held in India occurred yesterday under the auspices of the Karachi Aero Club in co-operation with the Air Forre and Imperial Airways. Throughout the nfternoon, without intermission, aeroplanes were in the air carrying passengers, hundreds of whom flew in the club’s Moth ’planes as well as in the Imperial Airways air liner City of Delhi. Cups and prizes were given away by the club’s Hindu lady pilots, testifying to the growth of airmindedness among Indians. CANADA’S FIRST ARCTIC AIR MAIL SERVICE. (United Press Association— B> Cables Copyright.) (Received 11, 1.50 p.m.) Vancouver, Dec. 10. A report from McMurray stated that, carrying half A ton of mail, two aeroplanes of the Commercial Airways fleet hepped off to-day in the initial fight opening up Canada’s first Arctic air mail service. The aeroplanes headed for Fort Chip©wayan and are expected to make the flight of 300 miles in three hours. The take off was*accomplished in a temnerrture of 40 degrees below zero. Perpetual cold and haze made visibility only fair.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIX, Issue 305, 11 December 1929, Page 6
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