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...R.A.F. guard of honor snapped to attention as a tall, erect European stepped out of his plane at London's Northolt Airport. A Daimler with a British crown on its windshield whisked him off to the finest suite (101-102) at Claridge's. Next day, Winston Churchill welcomed him at lunch at 10 Downing Street; at week's end he drove to Buckingham Palace to spend a chatty half hour with King George VI. To make the honored guest feel at home in chilly London, the British government rounded up 200 of his fellow countrymen to take...
...week's end, dog-tired but cheery, Ike walked down the landing ramp at the Northolt airport near London, cracked: "This is Northolt, isn't it? I used to drink coffee here." He slept late on Sunday, sat around his Claridge's Hotel suite most of the day, then went to an informal dinner at U.S. Ambassador Walter Gifford...
From London's Northolt airport one day last week, a twin-engined British European Airways Viking winged up into the evening skies and headed for Paris. Aboard were 28 passengers and a crew of four, including the pilot, 29-year-old Captain Ian Harvey, and the hostess, pretty, auburn-haired Sue Cramsie...
Captain Harvey had turned about and was headed back toward London. He radioed that his craft had been struck by lightning, told the Northolt emergency crew to stand by for a crash landing. Pilot Harvey knew he was taking on a large order. The explosion had jammed his rudder in central position. He had only slight control of his tail elevators. Harvey was going to try to land on what control he could get from his engines and wing ailerons...
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