The Flight was commanded by Group Captain Henry M. Cave-Browne-Cave DSO DFC, appointed on 17 May 1927 . Cave-Browne-Cave captained S1152 and led the flight to Singapore, around Australia and back to Singapore. In August 1929 he took command of No. 205 Squadron formed from the redesignated Flight in Singapore. The three other aircraft were captained by Squadron Leader G. E. Livock DFC (S1149 and Second-in-Command), Flight Lieutenant D. V. Carnegie AFC (S1150) and Flight Lieutenant C. G. Wigglesworth AFC (S1151). Sqdn Ldr Livock previously commanded the flying boat cruise to Egypt in 1926. Other RAF air- and ground crew were:  The flight was undertaken in four main sections:  The flight departed Felixstowe on 14 October at 0900 to fly to Plymouth, leaving Plymouth three days later at 0900 on 17 October. From Plymouth, the route was south then southeast across France and Italy to Greece, and on to Egypt. From Egypt, northeast to Turkey then southeast across Iraq and east along the northern coast of The Gulf and Arabian Sea to Karachi. At Karachi the aircraft were overhauled, remaining there for three weeks. Section stopping points and arrival dates:  The second leg began on 18 December with departure of the Flight from Karachi at 0730. From there, the route was round the coast of India (now Pakistan and India) to Calcutta via Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) then southeast down the Burmese coast and Malay Peninsular to Singapore. Once again the aircraft were overhauled and prepared for the third leg of the trip, staying in Singapore a month. Section stopping points and arrival dates:  Take-off from Singapore was at 0555 on 21 May. The route followed was east along the north coast of Sumatra and the Javanese archipelago to Koepang (now Kupang, Indonesia) then south to Broome and a circumnavigation of Australia back to Koepang and returning to Singapore along the outward route. Back at Singapore the aircraft were serviced and readied for the final section. Section stopping points and arrival dates:  Starting on 1 November, this took the Flight along the north coast of Borneo to Manila, across the South China Sea to Hong Kong, returning to Singapore along the Vietnamese coast. Aircraft S1127 replaced S1149 for this section. Stopping points on this section:  Arrival back at Singapore on 11 December 1928 marked the end of the cruise.