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Compilation of Second World War German aircraft footage, 1930s-1940s, reel 2

Film & Sound, In Storage, X002-8110/002

Film consisting of several short clips showing a number of Second World War German jet aircraft, including Heinkel 178, Heinkel 280, Messerschmitt 262 fighter aircraft and Arado 234 bomber aircraft.

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Trials of D.H.53 hooking onto His Majesty's airship R.33

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC77/45

Film in which a DH.53 aircraft releases from and reattaches to the airship R.33 while in flight. The process is repeated several times and is seen from two different perspectives.

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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant John Hall, 24 September 2019

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5619

Interview with John Hall, who flew Spitfire and Meteor aircraft in Egypt and Sudan during the early 1950s and worked as a civilian test pilot for the English Electric company.

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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant John Oliver Lancaster, 30 July 2014

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6786

Recorded interview with John Oliver "Jo" Lancaster, who served as a pilot in Wellington and Lancaster aircraft and was the first to use a Martin-Baker ejection seat in an emergency.

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Aircraft recognition training - Vulcan

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC95/567

Aircraft recognition training film on the Avro Vulcan bomber aircraft, in which Vulcans are seen in the air and on the ground and the aircraft’s key recognition features are highlighted.

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RAF Pageant, 1931

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC78/36/1

Various RAF aircraft are seen in the air and on the ground at the 1931 Royal Air Force Display at RAF Hendon. Demonstrations include parachuting, bombing, formation flypasts and aerobatics.

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Four figure flight

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC93/105/1

Film on the air speed record set by test pilot Peter Twiss, flying the Fairey Delta FD2 experimental high-speed aircraft. The flight is illustrated and Twiss comments on the achievement.

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Recorded interview with Captain Eric Melrose Brown, 3 December 2014

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6791

Recorded interview with Eric Brown, who served as a pilot with the Fleet Air Arm and as a test pilot, working on deck landing and the testing of captured aircraft.

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First flights W.6, October 1939

Film & Sound, FC97/164

Film in which a Weir W.6 experimental prototype twin-rotor helicopter is seen on the ground and in several different sequences as it hovers and manoeuvres very low over the airfield.

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Vickers Armstrong research and development collection - Wild Goose project, can WG.2b, circa 1947

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC99/142/2

Film in which the aerodynamic characteristics of a model Vickers Wild Goose aircraft are demonstrated in a wind tunnel. The model is seen in still air and in an airflow.

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