Recording of a conversation between Mr Jack Bruce, Squadron Leader Jackson Dymond and Mr J G Richardson, 17 November 1966

Conversation with J G Richardson, who served in the Air Battalion of the Royal Engineers, the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Air Force.

Conversation, indistinct in places, in which three men discuss the operational use of Cody Kites and observation balloons before and during the First World War. The discussion centres on the equipment and procedures used during kite and balloon operations and the various constraints imposed by enemy action, the weather, technical factors, inspection and maintenance routines, parachutes and manpower and training requirements.