June 7 n 23 p 419:Brief details of African survey flight of 20, 000 mi. flown by A. Cobham in Short Singapore and work accomplished by flight in planning a Cairo-Cape Town airway. June 21 n 25 p 461-462: Summarized story of actual progress of Charles Wakefield African survey expedition with statistics of stages covered and places visited; Alan Cobham started from Rochester, England on Nov. 17 in Short Singapore (Condors). Aug 2 n 31 p 665: One result of A. Cobham's recent survey flight round Africa is that at request of Air Ministry and on behalf of Cobham-Blackburn Airlines, Ltd., he is at present preparing estimate for air line from Alexandria to Kisumu, Kenya Colony and estimate for extension of this line later to Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia; as at present planned it is to be weekly service operated with latest type of three-engined flying boats.


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    Title :

    African survey flight


    Additional title:

    Flight


    Published in:

    Flight ; 20 , n 23, 25, 31 ; Various pages


    Publication date :

    1928


    Remarks:

    1 Fig.


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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