Cairo International Airport, Egypt

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1952 : Meher Baba at the Meher Center at Myrtle Beach, SC. Image edited by Anthony Zois

1952

Meher Baba and his entourage of male & female close followers ( mandali ) started their Western tour when they flew out of Bombay Airport on 18th April 1952 flying with TWA.

The flight route took then firstly to Dhahran in Saudi Arabia, then Cairo, Rome, Paris, Shannon in Ireland across the Atlantic to Gander in Canada and finally to New York, USA, arriving on the 20th April at Idlewild Airport.

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1952

1958

Meher Baba's next visit was on 16th May 1958 on a TWA flight from Bombay, India on his way to the USA on his last overseas tour which took him later to Australia and back to Bombay on the 8th June .

The plane stopped only for one hour for refuelling before flying to Rome, Italy, again another refuelling stop on his way to America.

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Map 1 : 1958 flight route from Bombay to Rome, the first stage of the visit to the West. Map graphics by Anthony Zois.

1958 : Map shows the Westward route of Meher Baba's tour to the East Coast of the U.S. Map graphics by Anthony Zois.

1958 : World map shows the routes Meher Baba took from Bombay to Myrtle Beach, then Australia & back to Bombay, India. Map graphics by Anthony Zois.

TWA Flight 905

Bombay - Dhahran - Cairo - Rome - Paris - Shannon - Gander - New York, 1952

Map 2 : 1952 - Meher Baba's visit to the West - 1st part of the route Westward.

1952 : Map shows the Westward TWA plane route through the Middle-East from Bombay. Map graphics by Anthony Zois.

1952 : Meher Baba's visit to the West - 2nd part of the route Westward.