Full titles read: "Another 'Tail-firster'. Controlled by automobile controls, equipped with a three-wheel landing gear, and flying tail first, this is another of Aviation's oddities."
United States of America.
M/S of an odd-looking aeroplane, the Gee Bee Ascender; Zantford Granville explains how it works, then takes off in it. It flies tail first, looking a bit like an airborne shoe! The plane then comes back down to land.
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Data
- Archive
- British Pathé
- Issue Date:
- 04/01/1932
- Sound:
- sound
- Media URN:
- 37103
- HD Format:
- Available on request
- Film ID:
- 1044.24
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Duration
- 00:01:03:00
- Time in/Out:
- 01:54:42:00 / 01:55:45:00
- Canister:
- PT 093
- Sort Number:
- PT 093
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jamied says
The aircraft seen here is the Gee Bee Ascender. ("Gee Bee" comes from the name of the craft's makers, "Granville Brothers Aircraft").
The man describing the craft is Zantford Granville, one of its designers.
British Pathé says
Thanks. Really useful information.