31 December 1925 From “Flight” – Extract from Administration Report for 1925. Bushire and Hinterland: “Aviation. In February Air Vice-Marshall Sir Sefton Brancker and Mr. A. J. Cobham passed through Bushire on their return from India to England. In September Sir Sefton Brancker, accompanied by Colonels Burchall and Minchin of the Imperial Airways Ltd., again visited Bushire, and while he went to Tehran to discuss the proposed Cairo to Karachi air route with the Persian Government, Colonels Burchall and Minchin went on to India to investigate more thoroughly the route. Colonel Marquis de Pinedo in the Royal Italian naval seaplane "Savoia" passed through Bushire on the 27th April on his flight from Italy to Australia, and again on the 3rd November on his return trip. A Persian Military aircraft arrived from Tehran on the 24th February. Junker aircraft arrived on the 3rd and 28th March from Tehran, and left, one for Ahwaz on March the 7th, and one for Tehran on the 31st.” 'Administration Reports 1925-1930' [10r] (24/418) | Qatar Digital Library (qdl.qa) Extract from Administration Report for 1925. Consular District of Bandar Abbas: “Aviation. Seven British aeroplanes and one Italian Seaplane visited Bandar Abbas during the year. These were (1) The De Havilland 50 with Air Vice-Marshal Sir Sefton Brancker, accompanied by Mr. Alan Cobham and a mechanic that passed through on the 26th February on her return flight homewards from India. (2) the Royal Italian Seaplane "Savoia" (S. 16 ter type) with Vice-Commandant F. de Pinedo and one mechanic, on proceeding from Rome to Tokio via Australia alighted on the sea in front of the Consulate on the 28th April and left for Charbar two days later. She returned from India in November and continued her homeward flight to Rome. (3) Three Royal Air Force Machines under the command of the Flight Lieut. Busk arrived from Karachi in September and returned to India after a stay of two days, conveying Colonels Burchall and Minchin of the Imperial Airways Limited. (4) Three Royal Air Force aeroplanes under the command of Flight Lieut. H. E. P. Wigglesworth with the above mentioned representatives of the Imperial Airways arrived from Iraq via Bushire on the
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