FLIGHTS BY PRINCES.
AIR TRANSPORT'S GROWTH.
IMPORTANCE OF FACILITIES. I (Received October 11, 5.55 p.m.)
British Wireless. RUGBY, Oct. 10. The Prince of Wales and Prince Georce made separate flights to Yorkshire to-dav. The Prince of Wales left Hendon by aeroplane for Harewood. near Leeds, to attend the funeral of the late Earl of Harewood. The machine was piloted bv Lieutenant Fielden, His Royal Highness' personal pilot. Prince George left his brother's private landing ground at Windsor in a service aeroplane piloted by Squadron-Leader Don and flew to Hull to open the municipal aerodrome there. It is one of the air stations in the chain now bei/iK formed in the north of England by a private company. Prince George said he had decided to increase his knowledge of modern methods of transport by undertaking the journey by air. It had been a most enjoyable experience and one which he hoped to repeat when he visited other parts of the country. The evolution of air transport was amazing and it was apparent to all that in the future no city or town would be able to hold its own without adequate facilities for aircraft.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20384, 12 October 1929, Page 11
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