Baby Plane Trials 1924

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Description

Lympne, Kent.

Title: "Baby Plane Trials - Two-Seater Light Aeroplanes ... which can be flown for halfpenny a mile ... prove great success at R.A.C. Tests".

M/S of a bizarre looking aeroplane being wheeled out of a hangar - the wings are folded back so it looks like a giant fly. M/S...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
24653
Sort Number:
G 1125
Time in/Out:
01:20:09:00 / 01:20:55:00
Canister:
G 1125
Film ID:
358.10
Issue Date:
10/10/1924

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