Abstract
(1) SUCCESSFUL long-distance flights are becoming so numerous that the habit of writing a book descriptive of each must soon end. Except for the technical details of flying, there is a great deal of sameness about such books, although the aerial views are always of interest. Five de Havilland aeroplanes were ordered for the new service between Cairo and Karachi. Sir Samuel Hoare took passage in the first and flew from Croydon via Italy, Malta, Tripoli, Egypt, and Basra to Delhi and the north-west frontier, and then back to Egypt. The journey from England to Delhi was 6005 miles and occupied 62½ flying-hours in eleven days. The book is a bright account of his and Lady Hoare's experiences on a journey which, though mainly uneventful, made history in air communications.
(1) India by Air.
By the Rt. Hon. Sir Samuel Hoare. Pp. xix + 156 + 24 plates. (London: Longmans, Green and Co., Ltd., 1927.) 6s. 6d. net.
(2) Il mio volo attraverso l'Atlantico e le due Americhe.
Per Francesco de Pinedo. Con un proemio di Gabrielle d'Annunzio. Pp. vi + 27 + 281+130 tavole. (Milano: Ulrico Hoepli, 1928.) 48 lire.
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Geography and Travel. Nature 122, 536–537 (1928). https://doi.org/10.1038/122536c0
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