Yorkshire - Nipper Plane AKA Nipper Do It… 1968

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No title. "Nipper" - do-it-yourself plane, Yorkshire.

M/S The Nipper - a lightweight plane built from kit for private use - standing outside hangar. Interior of hangar: various shots man placing parts of plane in crate. M/S man assembling plane from kit. C/U man working on the engine of the...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
56547
Sort Number:
68/005
Time in/Out:
01:17:54:00 / 01:19:07:00
Canister:
68/5
Film ID:
2049.16
Issue Date:
14/01/1968

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  • "M/S workers pushing out a finished plane" - the aircraft is a Slingsby Nipper Mk III, Reg. No. G-AVKK.

    "M/S Bob Pooley, test pilot, climbing into cockpit of small plane." - this is another Slingsby Nipper Mk III, Reg.No. G-AVKH.

    jamied 13th Oct 2012

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