EASTERN AIR SERVICE
THE SOVIET EXPEDITION. THREE MACHINES REACH PEKING. frees Association—By Telegraph-Copyright. PEKING, July 13. Throe of the Soviet aeroplanes have arrived, and a. fourth machine is expected. Two machines were reported to have been disabled.— Reuter. An aerial expedition of six aeroplanes, including four which were constructed in Russia, left Moscow for Peking on June 10 in the presence of thousands of people, including members of the Government and many others. Aeroplanes escorted the expedition on its first stage of the journey, the object of which is to survey an' air route across Siberia and over the Gobi Desert, to China. If successful it is proposed to form a Soviet-Chinese company, and to establish permanent communication between Europe and China over this route.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19250715.2.55
Bibliographic details
Otago Daily Times, Issue 19532, 15 July 1925, Page 7
Word Count
125EASTERN AIR SERVICE Otago Daily Times, Issue 19532, 15 July 1925, Page 7
Using This Item
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Otago Daily Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in