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FIRST AIR MAIL IN CHINA

SHANGHAI TO NANKING FLIGHT.

NATIONALISTS’ ACHIEVEMENT.

By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright. Shanghai, July 8.

China’s first' air mail line became an actuality this afternoon when a flight by Captain Henderson, formerly an K.A.B. flier, from Shanghai to Nanking was successfully carried out. Using a five-passenger Stinson-De-troiter machine he took off at noon on his inaugural flight with 4001 b of mails and reached Nanking shortly before 2 p.m., returning in the evening and bringing mail. . , , , . Four well-known British and American airmen are here awaiting the Nankin." Government’s orders to commence regular flights. The establishment of tlie air mail is the first of the Nationa - ists’ many high-sounding schemes to become a reality, and marks an important chapter in China's history.

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Taranaki Daily News, 10 July 1929, Page 7

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FIRST AIR MAIL IN CHINA Taranaki Daily News, 10 July 1929, Page 7

FIRST AIR MAIL IN CHINA Taranaki Daily News, 10 July 1929, Page 7