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'Map showing the actual wind and weather over the whole of the England-India airship...
Catalogue reference: MPI 1/410/6
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This record is about the 'Map showing the actual wind and weather over the whole of the England-India airship... dating from 1925-1926 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MPI 1/410/6
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1925-1926
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Description (What the record is about)
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'Map showing the actual wind and weather over the whole of the England-India airship route on the morning of February 16th 1925'. Outline map of area of Europe, North Africa and South West Asia showing isobars, weather condition, wind direction and the best route for an airship from Cardington, England, to Ismailia, Egypt, on that day. Reference table. Scale: 1 inch to about 242 mils [calculated]. Printed at the War Office, 1926. To illustrate memorandum on 'The Approach towards a system of Imperial Air Communications' by the Secretary of State for Air, October 1926.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Map designation (Identifying numbers or names given to printed maps by their publishers)
- OR 308
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 34 cm x 48 cm
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Printed, coloured
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8970296/
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