(b) During the month of October three more Dutch mail aeroplanes passed Bushire on their way from Amsterdam to Java. (c) A Fokker Monoplane H. Naen, Captain Aler, arrived Bushire from Karachi with mails from Batavia on the 12th November and left for Amsterdam via Iraq. (d) A Fokker Monoplane No. Ph. Aen of the Royal Dutch Airways carrying mails from Amsterdam arrived Bushire on the 22nd December and left for Karachi en route to Batavia. Swiss. - On the 7th November a small Swiss aeroplane arrived from Basrah manned by a pilot and a mechanic. The French Vice-Consul looked after them as representing Swiss interests. The machine left for Karachi on the 10th via Bandar Abbas but was forced to land at Jask owing to engine trouble. It later proceeded to Karachi. German. - (a) A Junker's aeroplane arrived from Tehran on the 20th January and proceeded to Mohammerah to carry from there to Tehran ten wireless valves received from France for use in the Persian Government Station, at the Capital. The first two batches of ten valves having been smashed in transit by road, this third set had to be sent by aeroplane. (b) Junker's aeroplane D.-921 arrived from Tehran on the 5th March with two American passengers for Mohammerah for which place she left next morning. (c) On the 19th July a special monoplane of the Junker's Company D. 921 arrived from Tehran with Persian Quarantine Doctors as passengers and proceeded to Bander Abbas. It returned to Tehran via Bushire on the 20th. The same machine arrived from Tehran on the 24th July and conveyed more doctors to Jask and Bandar Abbas. It returned to Tehran the next day. (d) A German aeroplane No. D.-1198 Junkers W.-336/2506 arrived Bushire from Baghdad. As it did not carry a permit from the Persian Government to pass over Persia, the military held it up from 21st September to 25th on which date it was allowed to leave permission having been obtained from Tehran. It left for Karachi, whence it was to proceed to Calcutta and Tokio and America. It was owned by Baron Hynefeld, Pilot Lindmer and mechanic Langerich forming the crew. (e) A German light single seater 2 cylinder aeroplane was expected from Tehran on the 24th September with Freiherr Koenig Von Und Zu Werthausen on board, but it failed to arrive owing to a forced landing at Abadeh, a point between Isfahan and Shiraz. This machine with Freiherr Koenig on board finally arrived at Bushire on the 18th October. It left Bushire on the 1st November for Bandar Abbas, Jask and Charbar en route to Karachi. It landed at Bandar Abbas on the 2nd November and left for Jask the same day but was forced to land at a place 60 miles from Bandar Abbas. It returned to Bandar Abbas and finally flew to Karachi on the 5th November. This flight was really a remarkable performance if the minute size of the machine be taken into consideration.” “Postal Facilities. Amotor postal service from Bushire to Shiraz operated with regularity throughout the greater part of the year. At the end of the summer the Junkers Aviation Company established a weekly air mail, arriving Thursdays and leaving Sundays, between Bushire, Shiraz, Isfahan and Tehran. This has made a great difference in the postal facilities to the interior as an answer can now be received from the Capital in five days instead of three weeks which is the minimum time for a reply by motor post.” Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [450r] (904/1028) | Qatar Digital Library (qdl.qa) Extract from Administration Report of the Consular District of Bandar Abbaas and Lingah for the year 1928: “Cairo-Karachi Air Mail and Passenger Service. - This did not materialise, owing to the objections raised by the Persian Medjliss who declined to ratify the agreement previously entered into with the Persian Government. Movements of Aircraft.- Fifteen machines of all types comprising four British, 6 Dutch, 4 German and one Swiss alighted on the aerodrome on either their eastern or homeward flights. Amongst these
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