PRINCE OF WALES
EMBARRASSING POPULARITY TO TRAVEL, BY AEROPLANE. Press Association-By Telegraph- Copyright. LONDON, April 3d. The Prince of Wales's popularity renders it alums! impossible for him to 1 ravel by road, and 1m is frequently unpunctual for engagements owing to lining mobbed in villages on route. People jump on the running board, compelling tlx© car to crawl. His engagements are so heavy that it has been decided to place an aeroplane at his disposal. It will he fitted with the latest slotted wing safety device, and will be in charge of a skilful pilot. The aeroplane will be used for long distance engagements when the train time-tables ai - e unsuitable. His Secretary, Sid Godfrey Thomas, emphatically denies that the Prince will learn to pilot the aeroplane. It will not lie used except on urgent official occasions, and will ho any airworthy machine available, not a. special machine specially fitted. The Prince has already visited an aerodrome near London to make a flight in the typo of machine he may use.—Australian Press Association.
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Evening Star, Issue 19855, 2 May 1928, Page 4
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