Royal Air Force Display Hendon, 25 June 1932
Footage of the 1932 RAF Display, held at RAF Hendon, includes formation aerobatics, a display by Gugnunc, autogyro and Pterodactyl experimental aircraft and the destruction of a large observation balloon.
Film of the 1932 RAF display at RAF Hendon shows Westland Wapiti aircraft taxiing and taking off, formations of aircraft passing overhead, including Vickers Virginia bombers, and aircraft performing aerobatics while trailing smoke. A Handley Page Gugnunc, a Cierva autogyro and a Westland Pterodactyl pass overhead in formation, a Fairey Hendon bomber aircraft lands and taxis and a large balloon is destroyed. Aircraft also attack structures built on the airfield.
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