THE AUTOGYRO
KING OF BELGIUM TAKES A FLIGHT /United Press Association—By .Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Received 4th May, 10.5 a.m.) BRUSSELS, 3rd May. Albert, King of the Belgians, is the first monarch in history to venture on a flight in the dangerous-looking autogyro “Windmill,” In which Lord Stonehaven to-day made a surprise flight to Belgium. When he landed King Albert was most excited, and grasping Lord Stonehaven’s hand, cried: “What a wonderful invention. I would like a flight myself.” The Queen nervously intervened and said: “It’s not safe,” but the King was not deterred, and borrowing Lord Stonehaven’s helmet, told the pilot to take him up to see Brussels from the air.
The machine returned in ten minutes, landing without the usual taxiing. The pilot declared that the machine was very safe. Nobody had succeeded in killing himself in it since it was invented in 1925.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 4 May 1931, Page 5
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