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Model Aircraft For Testing Use 1956
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Coventry, West Midlands.
Jet aircraft, a Royal Navy Sea Hawk fighter on the tarmac, taxiing along.
At the Armstrong Whitworth works, special model aircraft are made to test designs. M/S interior of the factory, with a man working on a solid wooden model. M/S George Beech places a...
Data
- Time in/Out:
- 01:08:27:00 / 01:10:41:00
- Canister:
- CP 086
- Film ID:
- 53.05
- Issue Date:
- 20/08/1956
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