14 JUNE 1920 Reuters Peking reports that four aviation students who are being sent by the Ministry of the Navy to the Curtiss Aviation School at Manila, left Peking today for Shanghai, whence they will sail for the Philippines. 15 JUNE 1920 Invitations have been sent to the President, Premier, the Members of the Cabinet, and the Diplomatic Corps, etc., by the Chief of the Nan-Yuan Aviation School, to attend an aviation meeting to be held at Nan-Yuan tomorrow, by the graduate of the school. (China Advertiser) 17 JUNE 1920 France has no idea of lagging behind in respect of aerial work. Ahome paper records the organisation of an air mail service for Indo-China which will cover all towns from Hanoi to Nam-Dinh and to Thairguyen. (North China Daily News) 19 JUNE 1920 On the King’s birthday, Hongkong, for the first time had a chance of seeing at close quarters several aeroplanes flying at Repulse Bay. As a demonstration of what flying men can do, the affair may have been disappointing. There were, at any rate before 4pm, no real flying feats. A few wealthy passengers were carried on the machines, a large number of other people saw the flights and even inspected the propellers and other visible parts of the mechanism. But the real significance of the afternoon was in the fact that a number of seaplanes flew across fromMacao to Hongkong. Most of the seaplanes were quite small – the engines were rated at 100HP. It is said that such engines consume about eight gallons of petrol an hour. The price for a joy-ride of ten minutes was $25, say £5. (North China Daily News)
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