PATRONS OF AVIATION
PRINCE GEORGE ENTHUSIASTIC (British Official Wireless).) RUGBY, Oct. 10. The King’s eldest son and youngest sons, the Prince of. Wales and Prince George, made separate journeys by air to lorkshire to-day. The Prince of. Wales left Hendon by aeroplane for Harewood, near Leeds, to attend the funeral of the Earl of Harewood. His aeroplane was piloted by Pilot Fieldon, the Prince’s personal pilot. Prince George left the Prince of Wales’s private landing ground at Windsor in a service aeroplane, piloted by Squadron Leader Don, and flew to Hull to open the Hull Municipal Aerdrome. This aerodrome is one of the air stations in a chain that is being formed in the north of England by a private company. The Prince said that he bad decided to increase his knowledge of modern methods' of transport by undertaking the journey by air. It had been a most enjoyable experience. and one which he hoped to repeat when visiting other parts of the country. The evolution of air transport was amazing, and it was apparent to all that in future no city or town would be aide to hold its own without adequate facilities for aircraft.
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Hokitika Guardian, 12 October 1929, Page 5
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196PATRONS OF AVIATION Hokitika Guardian, 12 October 1929, Page 5
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