Newspaper Clipping: Veteran Air Pilot LT. ROYDEN FOLEY
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Newspaper Clipping:
Veteran Air Pilot
LT. ROYDEN FOLEY
Veteran Air Pilot
LT. ROYDEN FOLEY
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ST. JOHN PUBLIC SERVICE NEWS
PUBLISHED IN THE MUTUAL INTERESTS OF THE CITIZENS OF SAINT JOHN AND THE NEW BRUSNWICK POWER COMPANY, OPERATING STREET CARS, LIGHT, POWER AND GAS SERVICE.
VOL. III. J. B. Mack Editor ST. JOHN, N.B., MARCH 1, 1923 NO.20
Veteran Air Pilot
LT. ROYDEN FOLEY
To be the first man to pilot an aeroplane from New York to Philadelphia is one of the outstanding achievements in the flying career of Lt. Royden Foley, Ford dealer, 300 Union street. The trip was made in 1913, the year before the war.
Lt. Foley, who has advanced ideas regarding flying machines, is a St. John boy first, last and all the time. He is a son of the late James W. Foley, founder of the Foley Potteries, Limited, and after graduating from the St. John High School he made a study of mechanical engineering in New York.
At the outbreak of the war Lt. Foley joined the staff of the Wright Aeroplane Company as instructor, later linking up with the Royal Flying Corps, Toronto. He went overseas as a pilot, and had many exciting experiences while scouting the North Sea for German submarines.
In 1919 he returned to St. John, and superintended the Government Automobile School for returned soldiers.
PUBLISHED IN THE MUTUAL INTERESTS OF THE CITIZENS OF SAINT JOHN AND THE NEW BRUSNWICK POWER COMPANY, OPERATING STREET CARS, LIGHT, POWER AND GAS SERVICE.
VOL. III. J. B. Mack Editor ST. JOHN, N.B., MARCH 1, 1923 NO.20
Veteran Air Pilot
LT. ROYDEN FOLEY
To be the first man to pilot an aeroplane from New York to Philadelphia is one of the outstanding achievements in the flying career of Lt. Royden Foley, Ford dealer, 300 Union street. The trip was made in 1913, the year before the war.
Lt. Foley, who has advanced ideas regarding flying machines, is a St. John boy first, last and all the time. He is a son of the late James W. Foley, founder of the Foley Potteries, Limited, and after graduating from the St. John High School he made a study of mechanical engineering in New York.
At the outbreak of the war Lt. Foley joined the staff of the Wright Aeroplane Company as instructor, later linking up with the Royal Flying Corps, Toronto. He went overseas as a pilot, and had many exciting experiences while scouting the North Sea for German submarines.
In 1919 he returned to St. John, and superintended the Government Automobile School for returned soldiers.
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022.016.010