PLANE FOR KING
Fast Machine Constructed > Press Association —Copyright. London, June 18. King George VI means to carry on the precedent established by King Edward VII. He will use the fastest means of transit, but only when pressure of Royal engagements > makes flying imperative. j The King, 'enthusiastic airman and I fine pilot, has given an undertaking never to pilot the aeroplane himself. The Air Council ordered the construction of a. special machine, a fist, low-wing monoplane capable of carrying the King, the Queen and the two Princesses, ia pilot and an attendant. Its maximum speed is more than 200 m.p.h., with a cruising speed of 175 i m.p.h. : Commander E. H. Fielden, Captain lof the King’s Flight, will be pilot, i The first members of the Royal Family to use the machine were the Duke ,and Duchess- of Kent, who flew to Shorncliffe Camp, Kent, to watch the Trooping of the King’s Colour by the Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment.
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Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 463, 3 July 1937, Page 5
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162PLANE FOR KING Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 463, 3 July 1937, Page 5
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