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New Era In Flying 1922
Description
M. Pescara with his new aviation machine the helicopter, France.
Full titles read: "New Era in Flying - arrives as M. Pescara succeeds in rising vertically in his 15 cwt helicopter the machine of the future when perfected."
M/S of Raúl Pateras Pescara de Castelluccio sitting in the...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Howard
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- sound
- Media URN:
- 22740
- Sort Number:
- G 0854
- Time in/Out:
- 01:22:00:00 / 01:22:58:00
- Canister:
- G 854
- Film ID:
- 258.11
- Issue Date:
- 27/02/1922
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"15 ewt" should read 15 cwt, (as in 15 hundredweight).
"M. Pescara" is Raúl Pateras Pescara de Castelluccio, who invented a number of helicopters in the 1920s.
In support of this, compare the close up of M. Pescara at 00:48 in this clip with the photo here........
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raúl_Pateras_Pescara
Thanks! That's a cool name Raúl has!