Evening star., 1924-07-06

Ambala for Multan, 325 miles to the
J west, flying along the fringe of the
embraced in the Province of Raj
| putana.
The country which. was flown over
Is the seat of the ancient Hindu
a proud race. although they have lost
many Of their former admirable
characteristics. This country is made
up largely, If not entirely, of native
states. and the prestige of the Euro
of a white man in these regions will
generally be looked upon as a great
event and hospitabe treatment ac-
corded by the native population
The flight to Multan was not ac-
| complished without difficulty. al
though only four hours and forty
two minutes were necessary to make
the trip. A very heavy sandstorm
was encountered and the excessive
heat. made flying difficult Lieut..
Smiths report says that they landed
at Multan safely, but very tired. The
flyers again landed upon British
courtesy.
Cross Edge Of Desert.
On the 4th of July the American ex-
pedition left Multanr In the early
morning and headed down the Valley
VI lHc luuuS to"dTu hdTdCHl, on the
Arabian Gulf. The country which
was flown over en- route is not subject
to heavy rains and thunderstorms like
the Ganges Valley. Though the country
Immediately adjacent to the Indus is
fertile and thickly populated. that
portion which was travelled over by
the flight is .on the edge of the Great
Indian Desert. and in pursuing a
straight line, the flight did for a dis
tance of about 100 miles, cross over
the eastern edge of the desert.
1t was during this time that Lieut..
Orleans" again cracked d water
jacket and though great deal of
water was lost, he finally landed
safely at the royal air force airdrome,
east of the city of karachi. where ar
rangements had been made for the
landing of the flight by First Lieut..
Halverson, advance officer of the
fourth division.
At karachi, the flight will again
change motors. The great heat which
the flight has encountered in India
has made this course necessary. Lieut.
Smith foresaw this situation while
still in Calcutta and shipped two new
motors by rail to Karachi, making
three motors for the flight when ii
arrived. karachi being a minor de-
pot, had already one motor among
the supplies and spares which had
been shipped there from the United
SldtcS. w llH Tue OI the
royal air force. the flight should sue
ceed in replacing its old motors with
the new ones in not more than three
days and be ready to proceed to Bag
dad by July :.
Flight In Russia.
1t was planned to max. Stops at
Chahbar. Bandar Abbas and Bushire,
Persia, and then to Bagdad How
ever. the stops in Persia are not over
$50 miles apart and with clear wealth
er. 1t is very probable the flight will
attempt to complete the journey from
karachi to Bagdad in two flights.
emitting the stops at Chahbar and
Bushire. On account of the quick
work at Calcutta, the flight has
picked up four days on it's schedule,
so that the delay at karachi will not
interfere seriously with the plans
which have been based on the prog
ress of the flight, and it is quite pos
sible that more time will be gained
before England Is reached.
Lieut. Crumrine, the advance officer
for the sixth division. cabled to the
commanding officer of the flight at
Calcutta, that indica tions in the
north Atlantic point to an early fa!i
and that in all probability, ice will be-
gin to form in the harbors on the east
coast of Greenland in late August.
This knowledge has given added
impetus to the flight and every ef-
fort will be made to complete the re-
naming $500 miles to Brough (HulD.
England, in record time.