Royal Air Force Display, Hendon, 13 July 1929

Footage of the 1929 RAF Display, held at RAF Hendon, includes aerobatics, formation flying, ‘crazy flying’, parachuting, mock aerial combat, attacks on ground targets and the destruction of a balloon.

Fairey Flycatcher and Armstrong Whitworth Siskin fighter aircraft are seen taking off and over the airfield, parachutists jump from Vickers Vimy aircraft, Siskins engage in mock combat with a Boulton & Paul Sidestrand bomber aircraft, Avro 504 aircraft perform ‘crazy flying’ mock-up buildings on the airfield are attacked, aircraft perform aerobatics and a balloon is attacked and destroyed. Armstrong Whitworth Atlas, Handley Page Hyderabad and Supermarine Southampton aircraft also appear.