In 1930 he was the navigator for a stage of Charles Kingsford Smith the round-the-world flight in the Fokker F.VIIb/3m trimotor monoplane The Southern Cross.
[citation needed] Kingsford-Smith captained the flight with Dutch co-pilot Evert van Dyke, radio operator John Stannage, and Paddy Saul navigating.
They had aimed for New York but ran short on fuel and had to land in Newfoundland after contacting US warship Wyoming by radio.
[citation needed] Saul was amongst the speakers that Lady Heath invited to speak to the National Junior Aviation Club in the 1930s.
[2] Saul died suddenly, on a fishing boat whilst taking part in the Lough Swilly sea angling festival on 22 June 1968.