Flight Lieutenant Kinkead's RAF 'wonderplane' fails to take off in his bid to beat the world air speed record.
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- Film ID:
- 720.06
- Media URN:
- 33764
- Group:
- Pathe newsreels
- Archive:
- British Pathé
- Issue Date:
- 12/03/1928
- Sound:
- Silent
- HD Format:
- Available on request
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Duration:
- 00:01:49:00
- Time in/Out:
- 01:06:37:00 / 01:08:26:00
- Canister:
- G 1484
Unknown user says
This film was shot on Saturday, 10 March 1928. The following day, Flight Lieutenant Kinkead successfully flew the Supermarine-Napier seaplane N221 at an unofficial speed of 330mph, but he was killed on Monday, 12 March, during the official record attempt, when the plane dived almost vertically into the Solent.
The story of Kink's adventurous life is summarised on this page of my website:
http://www.julianlewis.net/books/racing-ace/3796:the-life-of-fl-lt-s-m-kink-kinkead-1897-1928-1998-03-12