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Coll 5/43 ‘Night flying facilities in the Persian Gulf in connection with the Empire Air Mail Scheme’ [70r] (139/157)
The record is made up of 1 file (77 folios). It was created in 18 Mar 1935-28 Feb 1936. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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p period of fifteen years, this period being the Liiniamm
vhich will suffice to give the operating authorities u
sufficient security of tenure to warrant the exceptional
financial outlay and risKS which the scheiTie will entail fi
The scheMe offers such financial terms ar
should enable the luno sum payments to be Xept within
limits which will preclude any substantial increase in the
normal postal rate. The full details arc elaborated in
the printed memorandum, enclosed herewith, although it is
realised that this is not in a form suitable for direct
presentation to the Government of a country outside the
British Empire. In addition to the Empire Governments
served by the routes, the Governments of the Gudun, Egypt,
Palestine ana Ira^ ore being invited to participate.
It is, however, an inevitable corollary of the
Scheme that the various participating Governments should,
as indicated in the printed memorandum, accept
responsibility for providing adequate night flying
facilities and all other adjuncts for an efficient ground
organisation, to ensure the successful application of the
proposals. It will be obvious that the journey time
schedules can only be achieved if night flying is fairly
continuous unless machines are to be used which provide
an exceptionally high rate of speed and give longer periods
upon the ground. His lajesty's Government, however, as
the result of an exhaustive review of the whole situation,
are convinced that excessively high speeds can be purchased
at too daar a price, for instance, if the average cruising
speed under the Scheme were to be increased to 200 miles
per hour (as is within the limits of technical
practicability) the total costs involved would be increased
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The file contains correspondence, meeting notes (at the Air Ministry on 9 November 1934 and 22 March 1935), and memoranda regarding proposals to introduce night flying across the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. as part of the Empire Air Mail Scheme. The focus of the file is on the following routes: Cairo-Karachi and Alexandria-Karachi, each with an intermediate stop at Bahrain. It details the anticipated extra facilities required in terms of wireless equipment, lighting equipment, meteorological equipment, and general ground organisation. The additional facilities are broken down geographically into facilities needed in Iraq, Palestine and Transjordan Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan , and Egypt.
The main correspondents are as follows: the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (Trenchard Craven William Fowle), officials of the Air Ministry (D L Allen, W W Burkett, and Francis Claude Shelmerdine), and officials of the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. (Miles John Clauson and John Gilbert Laithwaite).
The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (77 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 78; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/1997
- Title
- Coll 5/43 ‘Night flying facilities in the Persian Gulf in connection with the Empire Air Mail Scheme’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:39v, 41r:78v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence