Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I hohoro ia ki te whakahoahoa ki a Van Lear Black, he miriona Amerikana me te kaiwhakaputa o "The Baltimore Sun" i te hararei i Ranana. I utua ia e Black hei kaiawhina whaiaro, me MacColl e haere tahi ana me ia i te haerenga 200,000 maero puta noa i Uropi, Awherika me te Dutch East Indies i runga i te rererangi Fokker i utua e Black mai i KLM. I tana hokinga mai ki te United States i te Mahuru 1927, ka tukuna e Black ki a MacColl he mahi i te "The Baltimore Sun" hei kairipoata rohe, i whakaaetia e ia. E rua tau ia e ripoata ana i Baltimore, i te wa i tutaki ai ia ki tana wahine, a Helen, me tana ka whai tamariki tokorua. I hoki ia ki Ingarangi i te tau 1929 ka uru atu ki te "The Daily Telegraph", i reira i ripoata ai ia mo nga huihuinga i te kaainga me te kaipuke, tae atu ki te
Ko te Korona o George VI, te marena o Zog I o Albania me te Pakanga Tangata Paniora, ko MacColl tetahi o nga kairipoata tuatahi i uru ki Madrid i muri i tana hinganga ki a Franco i te Poutu-te-rangi 1939.