Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Iye nokukurumidza akaita ushamwari naVan Lear Black, muzvina mari weAmerica nomuparidzi we"The Baltimore Sun" uyo akanga ari muzororo muLondon. Black akamushandira semubatsiri wake, MacColl achimuperekedza parwendo rwemakiromita mazana maviri ezviuru kuyambuka Europe, Africa neDutch East Indies vari mungarava yeFokker ndege iyo Black yakanga yabhadhara kubva kuKLM. Paakadzokera kuUnited States munaSeptember 1927, Black akapa MacColl basa pa "The Baltimore Sun" semutori wenhau wedunhu, uyo akagamuchira. Akapedza makore maviri achishuma muBaltimore, panguva iyo akasangana nomudzimai wake, Helen, uyo aizova nevana vaviri. Akadzokera kuEngland muna 1929 uye akabatana ne"The Daily Telegraph", kwaakashuma pamusoro pezviitiko zvose zviri kumba uye mukati, kusanganisira Coronation yaGeorge VI
, muchato waZog I weAlbania uye Hondo Yenyika yeSpain, naMacColl ari mumwe wevatapi venhau vekutanga kupinda muMadrid mushure mekudonha kwayo kuna Franco munaKurume 1939.