Sketch map of proposed route for Gilgit flight, 1936
IOR/L/PS/12/1993, f 104
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The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in Oct 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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The map shows the proposed route for the annual Royal Air Force flight to Gilgit, planned for the end of October 1936, shown by a red dotted line; it is proposed to try a more direct route than that taken previously in order to determine its suitability for civil aircraft. The flight path passes through Hunza, and approaches the borders of Wakhan and Sinkiang. Settlements close to the flight path are indicated on the map
It is noted that the sketch has been obtained from sheets numbers 42 and 43. The map's scale is 1.014 inches = 16 miles.
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- 1 map
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- Scale
- 1:997800
- Scale designator
- Horizontal
- Orientation
- North
- Degree coordinates
- Top-left: 37° 11' 23.64" N, 73° 37' 49.44" E
Top-right: 37° 11' 23.64" N, 75° 27' 34.56" E
Bottom-left: 35° 11' 42.36" N, 73° 37' 49.44" E
Bottom-right: 35° 11' 42.36" N, 75° 27' 34.56" E - It is part of
- Coll 5/39 ‘Flights of RAF aeroplanes to Gilgit; flights of foreign aircraft over Gilgit and Chitral’409 imagesRef: IOR/L/PS/12/1993
- Physical characteristics
Materials: Manuscript; black and red ink on tracing linen
Dimensions: 250 x 240mm, approximately
- Written in
- English in Latin script
- Type
- Map
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- 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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- IOR/L/PS/12/1993, f 104
- Date(s)
- Oct 1936 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/L/PS/12/1993, f 104
- Title
- Sketch map of proposed route for Gilgit flight, 1936
- Pages
- 104r:104v
- Author
- Royal Air Force
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- Public Domain