Daily Express Air Pageant, 23 July 1949

Film taken at the Daily Express international air pageant, held at Gatwick Airport, shows Spitfire, Vampire, Stampe, Sunderland, Superfortress, Dakota, Cierva Skeeter and Pitts Special aircraft displaying over the airfield.

Three Supermarine Spitfires pass overhead trailing smoke, Stampe SV4C aircraft of the French aerobatic team Patrouille d’Etampes taxi and perform aerobatics overhead, three Sunderland flying boats pass overhead in formation, B29 Superfortress bomber aircraft pass overhead, Betty Skelton is seen with her Pitts Special aircraft ‘Little Stinker’ before performing an aerobatic display, a Cierva Skeeter helicopter passes overhead, three Vampire fighter aircraft perform aerobatics and paratroopers jump from Dakota aircraft.