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Hawk - Passenger Brief

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-2271

Film showing how to adjust the Hawk’s Martin-Baker ejection seat, how to make the connections between seat and occupant and how to use it in the event of an emergency.

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Avro Lancaster B Mk III, DV267, close-up of aircrew about to climb on board, 1944

Photographs, In Storage, PC72/203/1

Warrant Officer John Laurens, DFM, Flight Sergeant Les Burton and Sergeants Chris Aitkin, Don Bolt, Ted Royston, Cassian Henry Waight, Davies and Kibble are pictured about to board.

Seven flying personnel facing camera, on ground, one turning to camera as he enters rear door of an Avro Lancaster, RAF Museum

Hercules aircraft: Drills for parachute training - Part 2

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-2238

Film in which British Army paratroopers make a training parachute jump from an RAF Hercules transport aircraft, carrying personal equipment and weapons containers. The sequence of pre-jump checks is illustrated.

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Introduction to Operational Parachute Training

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-2244

Film in which trainee paratroopers are followed through their RAF parachuting course at RAF Brize Norton. Training progresses from ground phases to jumps from tethered balloons and Hercules transport aircraft.

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Military Free Fall

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-2239

Film illustrating freefall parachuting from an RAF Hercules transport aircraft. Parachutists are seen in training on the ground, including the use of mockup transport aircraft, a decompression chamber and oxygen.

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