NEW BERN,  NORTH CAROLINA,   U.S.A.

 

1958 TOUR

 

Lockheed L188 Electra Prop-Jet
Lockheed L188 Electra Prop-Jet

 

Please note that there isn't any evidence that this is the type of plane that Baba flew on. It's purely speculation that he flew either the plane above or a much earlier version - the Douglas DC4

 

1956 : Baba in Wilmington Airport, NC ; Photo courtesy of Mark Trichka & Charley Decker
1956 : Baba in Wilmington Airport, NC ; Photo courtesy of Mark Trichka & Charley Decker

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

ROUTE TIMETABLE

17th May 1958

 

Arrived    :   New York City      9:30 am ( from Gander, Canada )

Departed :   New York City     10:50 am  on National Airlines flight 325   

1st stop   :   Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2nd stop  :   Washington D.C.

3rd stop   :   Richmond, Virginia   

4th stop   :   New Bern, North Carolina

5th stop   :   Wilmington, North Carolina     Arrived  : 3:30pm  - then motored to Myrtle Beach

                                                                                                          along Highway 17.

Arrived    :    Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

 

1958 : Map shows the routes Meher Baba took from New York to Myrtle Beach. Map graphics by Anthony Zois.
1958 : Map shows the routes Meher Baba took from New York to Myrtle Beach. Map graphics by Anthony Zois.

ROUTE TIMETABLE

30th May 1958

 

Departed :   Myrtle Beach     5:30 am  - then motored to Wilmington along Highway 17.

 

Arrived    :   Wilmington, N.C.  7:30 am

Departed :   Wilmington, N.C.   8:30 am   on National Airlines Flight 326 

1st stop   :   New Bern, N.C.

2nd stop  :   Norfolk, Virginia

3rd stop   :  

Arrived    :   Washington D.C. 11:00 am

 

Meher Baba stayed at the D.C. airport and changed plane at 1:00 pm to fly TWA Flight 47 to Los Angeles, California - arriving at 6:30 pm.

Again, he changed planes to TWA 77 at 6:60 pm. flying to San Francisco arr. 8:40 pm.

Baba and his men Mandali were then driven an hour out to Kentfield, arr. 10 pm. They stayed the night and flew out to Australia the next morning 31st May.

 

1958 : Map shows the routes Meher Baba took from Myrtle Beach to Washington DC. Map graphics by Anthony Zois.
1958 : Map shows the routes Meher Baba took from Myrtle Beach to Washington DC. 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.
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.