Here is picture from my Great Grandfather's archive this time a Portuguese aircraft on a long distance flight to Macau. This is Breguet Bre.16Bn2 "Patria" ("Patria I") of the Portuguese Air Force. Used to attempt the first Lisbon-to-Macau flight, starting 7 April 1924. Crashed in India 7 May 1924. The pilots were Brito Pais and Sarmento de Beires.
Here it is possibly refuelling on a stop-over in Cairo, which is where my Great Grandfather was stationed with the Royal Horse Artillery. Many overseas airforces made use of the British facilities around the globe it seems!
My Great Grandfather took photos of many of these long distance flights during his 10 years in Egypt.I think he may have flown himself as there are many aerial photos of Egypt in his archive.
Interview in The Times 3rd April 1924
'A LISBON-MACAO FLIGHT. (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) LISBON, APmx 2. The mnilitary airmen, Captain Brito Paia and Lieutenant Sarmento Beires, leave Amadora, near Lisbon, this after- noon in the Breguet biplane " Patria " for Macao. The route arranged is as foDows :-Villa Nova de Eilfontes, Oran, Kairawan, Gabes, Tripoli, Benghazi, Cairo, Damascus, Baghdad, Basra, Bander Abbas, Karachi, Delhi, Calcutta, Rangoon, Bangkok, Hanoi, Canton, and macao.'
Abstract from 'The First Aerial Raid From Portugal to Macau' https://www.researchgate.net/publication/270881729_The_First_Aerial_Raid_From_Portugal_to_Macau?fbclid=IwAR1XQ59jzIx2f6hzv7oWsTKZzl03hiDj6EjKEImpbLsmsXRLpq3SYofC7Mw