AIR CHAUFFEURS
A NEW] PROFESSION,
The newest profession is that of aerial chauffeur. It has come into being as a result of the rise in popularity of the speedy small plane known as the “ saloon car of the air.” The late Captain Lowenstein is believed to have been the first person to employ aerial chauffeurs when he chartered a fleet of air liners to fly his staff and friends to business conferences abroad. To-day many business men, including the Prince of Wales, own small saloon planes, and, although they may be pilots themselves, employ a skilled pilot, generally an ex-Royal Air Force officer, to look after and fly their planes. Many women, too, like the Duchess of Bedford, own their own aircraft and employ aerial chauffeurs. There are now in Britain several hundreds of privately-owned planes ranging from the small single-seater sports plane to the big super-marine luxury air yacht owned by Captain Guinness.
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Waipa Post, Volume 42, Issue 3262, 19 February 1931, Page 7
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