21 May 1914

On 21st May, 1914, Princess Ludwig of Lowenstein-Wertheim chartered the Handley-Page Type G (H.P.7) (designed by George R. Volkert) to fly her from Hendon to Calais in order to keep an urgent engagement in Paris. W. Rowland Ding was her pilot, and he flew the biplane back on the following day.