Aircraft - Aviation - Balloons - Helicopters
Mar. 13, 1971 - A Wedding With A Difference - Couple Start The First Stage Of The Honeymoon By Balloon: Earlier today Felicity Wilson, the 26-year-old daughter of Middlesex skin specialist, Dr. Harold Wilson. was married to London insurance broker, Mr. Lawrence DeAth, at Caxton Hall Westminster. But the couple decided they wanted a different way of leaving the reception.So it was planned that a friend would be waiting to whisk them away on the first stage of their honeymoon by hot air balloon, following the reception at a Barnet Hotel. They took off in the balloon and landed about two miles away on a golf course. They then continued their Journey by car to Gatwick where they have seats reserved on a flight for the Pyrenees. Photo Shows Wearing crash helmets the happy couple wave from the balloon as it takes off from the grounds of the Barnet hotel today
