London, England: 04:30 AM: Leaving Tewfik’s Spice Shop: There is nothing more to be done tonight so we head back to the Mews House Greg thoughtfully rented for us. All our stuff is there. We have left only a few token spare belongings back at the Savoy. At a call box we leave a message…
Category: London
13: The Intrepid Aviators Arrive
London, England: 15:00 PM: Trixie, Simon and Gupta arrive to considerable fanfare. Air travel is still very rare, air travel across the Atlantic exceedingly so. There are some complications with customs but we are eventually allowed to unload all our cargo providing it all remains as items of transit. They send a telegram to their…
12: The Clive Expedition
London, England: 07:00 PM: Back at the hotel we remember that Gupta’s researches in New York showed that the Penhew Foundation is funding a current expedition to Memphis (Egypt not Tennessee). The Clive expedition has been in Memphis for 3 months. Led by Dr Henry Clive, 58 a renowned archaeologist and Egyptologist with over 35…
11: Our Trip to London
New York City, U.S.A: 09:30 AM: So it is agreed that the plane will leave on Wednesday 28th January 1925. Trixie is the pilot, with Simon and Curtiss as navigators and Gupta as gunner. Greg insisted on mounting the Maxim on the front of the plane. He thoughtfully provided a box of tracer ammunition too….