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  1. News in Flashes

    Date released
    10 Feb 1955
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    2499
    NoS ID
    045576
    Story no
    5 / 7
    Extras
    1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

    Jet engines which pivot from horizontal to vertical raise aircraft straight up from ground.

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  2. Flying Wing Breaks Another Record

    Date released
    21 Feb 1949
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    49/15
    NoS ID
    102788
    Story no
    9 / 9
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

    The world’s biggest jet propelled aircraft - the B49 American flying wing - sets a new high speed record, topping 515 mph.

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  3. The Mozzie and the Squirt

    Date released
    19 Jul 1945
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    45/58
    NoS ID
    100754
    Story no
    1 / 3
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    A six-pounder gun fitted to Mosquito aircraft made it one of the war’s most effective U-boat killers. First operational use of the six-pounder carrying aircraft was in November 1943. Another British plane...

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  4. Veterans & Vampires

    Date released
    17 Dec 1945
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    45/101
    NoS ID
    100888
    Story no
    1 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    Chicago stages race for old crock cars commemorating first race there 50 years ago. First landing on deck of carrier of a Vampire jet aircraft. Successful experiment made off Isle of Wight.

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  5. Britannia Off To North Africa

    Date released
    30 Sep 1954
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    54/76
    NoS ID
    106058
    Story no
    4 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

    Bill Pegg pilots a Britannia airliner to Castel Idris, the first overseas flight by the jet-prop aircraft

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  6. King Hussein Visits RAF

    Date released
    27 Jun 1955
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    55/51
    NoS ID
    106521
    Story no
    3 / 6
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 ephemera, 1 shot list

    The young King of Jordan visits Biggin Hill, inspects jet aircraft, and himself flies a dual-control jet trainer.

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  7. New French ‘Plane

    Date released
    28 Jun 1954
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    54/49
    NoS ID
    105891
    Story no
    3 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

    A new jet aircraft uses a trolley for take-off and skids for landing, thus dispensing with the conventional undercarriage.

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  8. Mirror Landing on Aircraft Carriers

    Date released
    26 Sep 1955
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    55/77
    NoS ID
    106679
    Story no
    6 / 7
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

    US Navy tests a British invention for safer jet landings.

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  9. US Aviation Flies Ahead

    Date released
    30 Oct 1947
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    1739
    NoS ID
    040780
    Story no
    1 / 6
    Extras
    1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

    Tow-rope is replaced by metal bar, enabling glider to be taken aloft under conditions at one time only fit for power-driven plane. Aircraft carrier Midway successfully launches rocket in Atlantic....

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  10. Belfast - "Sherpa" Jet Makes Debut

    Date released
    10 Dec 1953
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    53/95
    NoS ID
    105630
    Story no
    3 / 6
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 ephemera, 1 shot list

    Britain’s smallest aircraft, a research ‘plane, goes through its paces.

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