GREAT FLIGHT.
HINKLER CONGRATULATED. RECEPTION IN ENGLAND. (BRITISH OFFICIAL WIBKLESS.) (Received December Bth, 5.5 p.m.) BUGBY, December 7. Squadron Leader Bort Hinkler had a great reception at Hendon from a large crowd, which included the Under-Secre-tary for Air, Sir Philip Sassoon, who welcomed him officially on behalf of the Government; Sir Arthur Brown, who, with Sir John Alcock, was the first to fly the Atlantic; Flight Lieutenant G. H. Stainforth, the holder of the world's speed record, Miss Peggy Salaman, who, with Mr Gordon Stole, recently beat the London to Cape Town record in a British machine of the same type as that used by- Hinkler; Miss Winifred Spooner, and other leading British airmen and women. ' The first to greet Hinkler was his wife. He received a telegram of congratulation from the Prime Minister, Mr Ramsay Mac Donald, who sajd the flight would rank as one of the most remarkable achievements in the histojy of aviation, and as a magnificent demonstration of the sterling qualities of British aircraft and engines.
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Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20415, 9 December 1931, Page 11
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