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== Aviation histories==
*''Indian Airways'' by Stephen H Smith.  A work in three volumes published 1926-1930 detailing the first and special flights within and through India up to March 1930. Available at the British Library: UIN: BLL01003423426
:''The World Flyer’s Danger Zone'' 1927. Covers the hazards of mail flights south east from Calcutta across the Bay of Bengal to Burma and Thailand. Available at the British Library: 2nd edition 1927 UIN: BLL01003423427
:For more details of Stephen H Smith, see [[Postal Service]].
==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/index.html Flightglobal Archive].  
*[http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/index.html Flightglobal Archive].  

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Aviation histories

  • Indian Airways by Stephen H Smith. A work in three volumes published 1926-1930 detailing the first and special flights within and through India up to March 1930. Available at the British Library: UIN: BLL01003423426
The World Flyer’s Danger Zone 1927. Covers the hazards of mail flights south east from Calcutta across the Bay of Bengal to Burma and Thailand. Available at the British Library: 2nd edition 1927 UIN: BLL01003423427
For more details of Stephen H Smith, see Postal Service.

External links

The website states “The Flightglobal Archive invites you to explore 100 years of aviation history as it appeared in the original pages of Flight Magazine from 1909-2005”. There is a search facility.
Examples of articles relevant to India include:

Historical books online

  • "E Pericoloso Sporgersi: Jodhpur to Croydon" by Major-General D. S. Skelton Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps 1935;65:3 pages 197-207. Diary of a flight from Jodhpur to London, via Karachi and the Middle East, including cost details.
  • Chariots of the Air by Harold Keates Hales 1936. Link to a pdf download, STOU Digital Repository Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, Thailand. Description of an air line trip from England to the East Indies and back. Note, website has been noticed to be unavailable at times. Possibly may be open only during "office hours".