YOUNG INDIAN'S FEAT.
KARACHI-ENGLAND FLIGHT. GOVERNMENT GRANTS £560(Received March 23, 5.5 p.m.) British "Wireless. RUGBY. March 22. Mr. Chawla, the young Indian who flew from India, arrived at Croydon aeiodrome at noon yesterday. He flew from Karachi, 5000 miles, in 18 days. Mr. Chawla, who is only 17, learned to fly in England. He does not qualify for the prize of £SOO offered by the Aga Khan, which is for the first solo flight by an Indian between India and England, as he was accompanied by a mechanic, Adsey. However, a message from Delhi says the Government of India has made a grant of 7500 rupees (about £560) to Mr. Chawla, as he is the first Indian to accomplish a flight from Karachi to England. The Governor-General, Lord Irwin, personally cabled his congratulations to tlio airman.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20521, 24 March 1930, Page 9
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