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Test Pilot

Date released

1961

Series name

Look At Life

Issue no

140

NoS ID

349764

Story no

1 / 1

BFI synopsis: A film looking at the work involved in being a test pilot of jet planes, particularly concentrating on one test pilot, Jim Dell. The planes themselves, cockpits, instruments and the pilots’...

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Instrument Rating, The (1989 Video)

Subject

Technology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 92 min.

Demonstrates the flight profile of an Initial Instrument Rating Flight Test as required by the Civil Aviation Authority. Discusses the pre-flight preparations and planning processes, and with the aid of...

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John Cat’s Eyes Cunningham (1979)

Genre

Interview

Conversation with John Cat’s Eyes Cunningham, ex-fighter pilot and test pilot and recently recipient of the Segrave Trophy. Male interviewer not identified.

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Victory Report: Happy Landings: aircraft landing systems - 21 Apr [1975-1986]

Report on new rival automatic landing systems for aircraft developed by Britain and America and the decision to be taken in Montreal by the International Civil Aviation Authority on which should be adopted...

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Digitisation Timeline

Date

30 May 2019, 11:17

Author

BUFVC-user43468

Post Type

Page

What are the stages involved in transforming boxes of BECTU membership forms into a searchable database of digitised content? This interactive timeline describes the journey from initial scoping to user...

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Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Wind Tunnel Test for US Naval Pilots

Date released

14 Feb 1949

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1028

NoS ID

015572

Story no

3 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Wind Tunnel Test for US Naval Pilots. DESCRIPTION: At Philadelphia, Naval pilots are put through a test, similar to that which they would experience if baling out of plane travelling at...

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Test Pilot

Date released

15 Jul 1946

Series name

New Pictorial

Issue no

96

NoS ID

117990

Story no

4 / 4

Extras

1 film clip

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Moon Trainer Crash

Date released

19 Dec 1968

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2063A

NoS ID

027679

Story no

2 / 3

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Moon Trainer Crash. DESCRIPTION: A six minute test flight in a training machine for landing on the moon is prematurely interrupted - the Lunar Module oscillates - and plummets...

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Jet Test Flight Betters Record

Date released

19 Aug 1946

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

46/66

NoS ID

101253

Story no

4 / 4

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

Donaldson does 626 mph over Worthing - Littlehampton course. During test flight advance on world air speed record Meteor pilot comments on performance.

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Concorde Test Run

Date released

25 Aug 1968

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

68/69

NoS ID

113224

Story no

1 / 3

Extras

1 film clip

The Anglo-French giant supersonic sky-bird, Concorde 001 had completed its first official ground tests. Her French test pilot nursed her along at about 35 mph. But the trial was a success.

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