'File 6/1 II Aviation - Imperial Airways' [36r] (71/160)
The record is made up of 1 file (76 folios). It was created in 31 Jul 1934-7 Sep 1944. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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Extract from letter No.C-337 of 30th November 1935
from Lieut•-Colonel H#R«P.Dickson,C.I.E# f Politic&-l Agent,
2* tfe are supposed to get two air mails a week in
westward, and two in eastward, direction, though the Company
reserve themselves tfrfe right to fly over Kuwait should they
be running late, or should they be doing a night flight, or
if fog or other natural phenomena made it dangerous for them
to Ifind.
3. These reservations are quite legitimate, and we do not
complain at all, if they are every now and then enforced.
4. What we find hard to stomach, is the practice pilots
make of flying over Kuwait (growing more and more frequent
of late) when they are right up to time, and vhen the
weather conditions are absolutely perfect.
5. Not only does this failure to stop greatly disappoint
those who expect air mail letters from England and America
(not to mention Baghdad and Basra) but it has compelled most
of us Europeans in Kuwait to give up trying to post our air
mail letters in Kuwait. Instead we send our letters 2 days
before the air ntfil is due by ordinary post to Basra and
arrange for them to be put in the Air Mail Bag there. This
naturally loses us any advantage thrt we could get from our
air mail service.
6. The worst feature of these continued failures to call
on the part of pilots is the fact that, telegrams informing
us that they intend flying over are nearly always received
after the machine has passed Kuwait. This is most dis
heartening for the Agent, the quarantine Officer, and the
refuelling staff, who over and over again go to the aer ^
Kuwait
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This file contains correspondence regarding the Imperial Airways air route through the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . Most of the papers relate to discussions on constructing an aerodrome in Kuwait to provide shelter for planes during storms. Other papers discuss the provision of shelter and safe storage for cargo and mail in Kuwait in transit to other stations on the route.
The file includes an architectural drawing of the aerodrome, at folio 7.
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- 1 file (76 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 79; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 66-77; these numbers are also written in pencil and crayon, but are not circled.
A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/R/15/5/274
- Title
- 'File 6/1 II Aviation - Imperial Airways'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:3v, 9r:11v, 13r:18v, 20r:21v, 24r:24v, 28r:28v, 30r:38v, 41r:45v, 51ar:51av, 54r:54v, 56r:62v, 64r:64v, 67r:70v, 72r:75v, 77r:78v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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