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 1936 : Meher Baba. Image colourized by Anthony Zois.
1936 : Meher Baba. Image colourized by Anthony Zois.

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OCTOBER 24, 1936

Imperial Airways " Hadrian " ; Hadley Page 42
Imperial Airways " Hadrian " ; Hadley Page 42

Courtesy of Lord Meher ; Bhau Kalchuri - Vol.6-7 : p 2041 ( 1st Edition )

Cropped photo taken of Meher Baba  in Nasik, India in 1936
Cropped photo taken of Meher Baba in Nasik, India in 1936

 

Routes

The route that the plane took was  from Karachi  -  Gwadar, Muscat, Oman  -  Sharjah, U.A.E.  -  Bahrein  -  Kuwait  -  Basra, Iraq  -  Baghdad, Iraq.

 

The plane Meher Baba and his men flew in was called the "Hadrian" - one of 8 plane in the Hadley-Page Imperial Airways fleet. Each plane was given a name.

Hadrian's registration was "AAUE"  No.42 / 2

 

The price to fly between Karachi and Baghdad was over 30 English pounds

 

Click below to learn about the plane flown

http://www.meherbabatravels.com/air-travels/hadrian-hp42-handley-page-1936/

OCTOBER 24, 1936

Baba and the mandali left Karachi on the 24th on the 24-seat Imperial Airways Hadrian biplane.  It was his ninth foreign journey. Baba's first international air travel proved distressing for Kaka and Chanji who suffered from headaches and vomited during the flight, due to severe turbulence from Bahrain to Basra.


Lord Meher Page 1739 ( 2nd Edition )

 

 

At the time when Meher Baba's plane landed at Gwadar, this area was governed by Muscat on the other side of the Gulf of Oman. This land was purchased by Pakistan in 1958.

 
 Map graphics by Anthony Zois.
Map graphics by Anthony Zois.
Kuwait flag in the 1930s
Kuwait flag in the 1930s
 Map showing the 1936 plane, ship, road & train routes. Map graphics by Anthony Zois.
Map showing the 1936 plane, ship, road & train routes. Map graphics by Anthony Zois.
Image colourized by Anthony Zois.
Image colourized by Anthony Zois.
1936 : Meher Baba
1936 : Meher Baba