MACDONALD'S FLIGHT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20288, 22 June 1929, Page 13

MACDONALD'S FLIGHT.

SCOTLAND TO HENDON. LUNCHEON IN YORKSHIRE. British Wireless. RUGBY, June 20. Tho Prime Minister, Mr.' Mac Donald, arrived at Hendon aerodrome this afternoon in a Fairey bombing aeroplane, in which he had enjoyed the journey from Lossiemouth, Scotland. This is tho first time a British Prime Minister has ever flown. A halt was made about midway, at Catterick, Yorkshire, where Mr. MacDonald had luncheon with officers of the Royal Air Force squadron. Flight-Lieutenant Heslop, the pilot of the machine, did not take a straight line from Lossiemouth to Catterick. He first made for the cast coast of Scotland and flew over Banff to Aberdeen. Skirting the coast ho then crossed tho Firth of Forth near tho Forth Bridge. Mr. Mac Donald Obtained a splendid view of Edinburgh and tho Castlo. After crossing the Firth of Forth the machino flow over tho Cheviot Hills and then turned slightly to the west -and on to Catterick. There a number of machines awaited tho Prime Minister to escort him to the air station. On resuming the flight Lieutenant Heslop skirted tho industrial Midlands. When the Prime Minister alighted at Hendon he observed that air travel was better than any other kind.