14th September. One of these machines had to make a forced landing at Basidu owing to engine trouble. Further trouble was experienced during their stay owing to a severe storm damaging the controls of all three aeroplanes, and the rudder of one. These were replaced from Basrah, and the machines eventually left for Bushire on the 5th of October. The visit of Colonels Burchall and Minchin referred to above was for the purpose of making an aerial survey in connection with the Cairo-Karachi service, which the Imperial Airways Limited are arranging to inaugurate in January 1927. In August, Flight Lieut. Moore arrived from Basrah for inspection of the aerodrome and the Royal Air Force Store Depot and petrol dump.” 'Administration Reports 1925-1930' [23r] (50/418) | Qatar Digital Library (qdl.qa) Extracts from Administration Report of the Mekran Coast for the Year 1925: “Jask. Aeroplanes. —A British aeroplane with Sir Sefton Brancker landed at Jask on the 25th February and left for Bunder Abbas the next day. An Italian sea plane with Colonel de Pinedo passed over Jask from Bunder Abbas on 30th April. Three British Roval Air Force aeroplanes from Bunder Abbas with officials of the Imperial Airways Company landed at Jask on 15th September and left for Karachi the same day.” “Charbar. Aeroplanes. —The following aeroplanes arrived at Charbar during the year. A British aeroplane with Air Vice-Marshall Sir W. Sefton Brancker on board arrived from Karachi on 25th February and left the same day for Bunder Abbas. An Italian sea-plane with Colonel de Pinedo arrived from Bunder Abbas on 30th April. It left for Karachi on 5th May after effecting repairs to the petrol tank. This sea-plane flew over Charbar on her return journey from Karachi on 1st November. Three British Royal Air Force aeroplanes arrived from Karachi on 12th September and left for Bunder Abbas the next day. They came back from Bunder Abbas on the 15th idem with Imperial Airways experts Colonels Burchell and Minchen and left for Karachi on the 16th.” “Gwadur. Aeroplanes. – An Italian sea-plane with Colonel de Pinedo landed at Gwadur on the 1st November and left for Charbar about two hours later taking in some petrol.” 'Administration Reports 1925-1930' [33r] (70/418) | Qatar Digital Library (qdl.qa) 1926 It is reported that the Soviet Air Force has fifteen K-30 aeroplanes which were manufactured by Junkers in Sweden, then transported in sections to Fili where they were assembled. The cost to the USSR was 1,750,000 Roubles. < German-Soviet relations, 1922-1941 by Nekrič,.> 6 January 1926 Deutsche Luft Hansa formed.
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