Remembering a hero of the skies from North Wales

THE first ever flight from North Wales to Ireland took place 100 years ago this week. And when pioneering pilot Captain Vivian Hewitt achieved this remarkable feat, he dismantled the plane and brought it back on the ferry....

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Published By: DAILY POST - Friday, 27 April, 2012

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