Richmond, Virginia,USA

1958 TOUR

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

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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.

Baba arriving at Wilmington Airport NC in 1956 ; Photo courtesy of Mark Trichka & Charley Decker

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.

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