Full titles read: "300 Miles an hour? - Bad luck mars first attempt of Flight Lt. Kinkead & R.A.F. wonder 'Plane to beat World record."
Calshot, Hampshire.
M/S of Flight Lieutenant Kinkead climbing into the cockpit of his plane, the Supermarine Napier S.5.; L/S of the plane being wheeled down a ramp into the sea. L/S of the plane picking up speed for takeoff, then slowing down - something is wrong!
L/S of the plane being towed back towards the quay by a boat; Flight Lt Kinkead is seen climbing from the plane and onto the shoulders of a waiting rescue man, standing thigh-deep in the water. The man carries Kinkead on his shoulders to the quayside ramp (oh, the shame!), where he jumps down and walks off - it looks quite comical.
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Data
- Archive
- British Pathé
- Issue Date:
- 12/03/1928
- Sound:
- Silent
- Media URN:
- 33764
- HD Format:
- Available on request
- Film ID:
- 720.06
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Duration
- 00:01:49:00
- Time in/Out:
- 01:06:37:00 / 01:08:26:00
- Canister:
- G 1484
- Sort Number:
- G 1484
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Julian Lewis 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