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| Keywords: fokker monoplane princess xenia princessxenia pilot captain robert henry mcintosh captainroberthenrymcintosh robert mcintosh robertmcintosh commandant james fitzmaurice commandantjamesfitzmaurice james fitzmaurice jamesfitzmaurice irish air corps irishaircorps baldonnel aerodrome baldonnelaerodrome baldonnel dublin ireland september 1927 1920s independent newspapers collection independentnewspaperscollection casement aerodrome casementaerodrome aviation aircraft airplane airlines airliners g-ebts gebts the spider thespider h-nadk hnadk klm royal dutch airlines klmroyaldutchairlines klm royal dutch airlines royaldutchairlines koninklijke luchtvaart maatschappij koninklijkeluchtvaartmaatschappij fokker f.vii fokkerfvii f.vii fvii fokker f.viia fokkerfviia f.viia fviia fokker f.viia/1m fokkerfviia1m f.viia/1m fviia1m c/n 4953 cn4953 4953 fokker f.7 fokkerf7 bristol aeroplane company bristolaeroplanecompany bristol bristol jupiter bristoljupiter jupiter engine jupiterengine bristol jupiter vi bristoljupitervi jupiter vi jupitervi friday 16 national library of ireland nationallibraryofireland blackandwhite monochrome black and white Fokker monoplane "Princess Xenia" which spent most of September 1927 at Baldonnel Aerodrome (now Casement Aerodrome) waiting for weather conditions to improve enough to attempt an East to West crossing of the Atlantic. We weren't sure initially whether the man in the cockpit here was Captain Robert Henry McIntosh or Irish Air Corps Commandant James Fitzmaurice. Thankfully, Bob Montgomery 2012 confirmed that Captain McIntosh is in the cockpit, and that this was just before take-off. The Xenia took off at 1.30 p.m. on 16 September 1927, but appalling weather conditions forced them to abort the flight. They returned to Ireland and landed on Beale Strand, Ballybunion, Co. Kerry. Date: Friday, 16 September 1927 NLI Ref.: INDH806 Fokker monoplane "Princess Xenia" which spent most of September 1927 at Baldonnel Aerodrome (now Casement Aerodrome) waiting for weather conditions to improve enough to attempt an East to West crossing of the Atlantic. We weren't sure initially whether the man in the cockpit here was Captain Robert Henry McIntosh or Irish Air Corps Commandant James Fitzmaurice. Thankfully, Bob Montgomery 2012 confirmed that Captain McIntosh is in the cockpit, and that this was just before take-off. The Xenia took off at 1.30 p.m. on 16 September 1927, but appalling weather conditions forced them to abort the flight. They returned to Ireland and landed on Beale Strand, Ballybunion, Co. Kerry. Date: Friday, 16 September 1927 NLI Ref.: INDH806 | ||||
