Sub: 14 Year Old Aviator 1934

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Paperwork title for this item reads: "SUB: 1 - 14 year old aviator at East Anglian Aero Club."

(01:33:00) - (01:34:12)

East Anglian Aero Club.

Close up shot of a boy in pilot gear. Boy is 14 year old Ovid Victor Ottley of Alexandra...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
sound
Media URN:
8599
Sort Number:
34/030
Time in/Out:
01:33:00:00 / 01:34:31:00
Canister:
34/30
Film ID:
779.18
Issue Date:
12/04/1934

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  • "Victor Otley" - the boy's name is actually Ovid Victor Ottley.

    The plane he's flying here is a de Havilland DH.60G Gipsy Moth

    "East Anglia Aero Club" should read East Anglian Aero Club.

    The plane Winifred Drinkwater is seen in is an Avro 640 Cadet.

    jamied 30th Apr 2012
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  • "Miss Hughes" is Jean Hughes.

    A short Canadian newspaper piece about both Jean Hughes and Ovid Victor Ottley appears here.....

    http://fultonhistory.com/newspape
    r 8/Niagara Falls NY
    Gazette/Niagara Falls NY
    Gazette 1934 Apr-Jun Grayscale/Niagara Falls
    NY Gazette 1934 Apr-Jun Grayscale - 0065.pdf

    jamied 17th May 2012
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  • Hmm, that link sadly isn't going to work. Instead, here's a short solo piece about Ovid Victor Ottley - right hand paragraph, under "Solo at fourteen"....

    www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/vie
    w/1934/1934 - 0360.html

    jamied 17th May 2012
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  • Thanks for these. Really terrific. Unfortunately, links are disabled to stop spam, but you can (usually) copy and paste them just fine.

    British Pathé 22nd May 2012
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