RETURN OF THE PRINCE.
ARRIVAL AT WINDSOR. FLIGHT FROM LE BOURGET. AN ESCORT OF PLANES. United Press Assn. —F.lec. Tel.—Copyright. (Received April 26, 11.30 am.) RUGBY, April 25. The Prince of Wales landed at Windsor Great Park at 4 o'clock this afternoon. Escorting aeroplanes passed off to the westward as the Prince’s Wapiti machine came to earth. As the Prince stepped out of the aeroplane he was greeted by Prince George. Only a few people witnessed his arrival. Entering the King’s car, which had come to meet him, the Prince drove to Fort Belvedere, his residence, near Ascot, where the King and Queen awaited him. Ilis Royal Highness looked bronzed and well. From Le Bom-get, where he lunched with French offleers, His Royal Highness was escorted by eight French army aeroplanes in addition to the two British machines which had accompanied him from (Marseilles. The French machines attended him to the three-mile limit oft’ Calais, where nine British machines from Folkestone met him and flew 1 with him across the Channel. The Prince’s machine, which was piloted by Squadron-Leader Don, took the air liner route to Dover. It flew at a height of 6000 feet, while the escort flew at about 10,000 feet. It is estimated that the Prince has travelled 18,000 miles since he left England on January 3 for his African tour.
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Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 18004, 26 April 1930, Page 7
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