Robert Henry McIntosh
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Born23 September 1894
Died1983 (aged 88–89)
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| Born | 23 September 1894 |
| Died | 1983 (aged 88–89) |
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Robert Henry McIntosh (23 September 1894–1983), also known as All-Weather Mac following his ability to land safely in a six passenger Handley Page 0/400 in dense fog at Croydon Airport in October 1921, was a British wing commander and one of Imperial Airways' 16 original pilots.[1][2] In 1927, he made unsuccessful attempts to fly at first across the Atlantic with James Fitzmaurice and then to fly to India and back with Bert Hinkler, both on the aircraft Princess Xenia, a Dutch Fokker F.VIIa.[3][4][5]
A road, McIntosh Close, in Roundshaw, London Borough of Sutton, is named after him.[6]
