Electrically Powered Model Planes

Series

Series Name

Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

181

Date Released

16 Jun 1958

Date recorded

9 May 1958

Length of issue (in feet)

756

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Ranch House
2. 2Electrically Powered Model Planes
3. 3Public School Cadets

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 3

Summary

Pathe synopsis: A glimpse of future aeronautical development is displayed by a model ‘plane, powered only by electricity stored in silver-zinc batteries. Believed to be the first of its kind, the radio-controlled model is the invention of Colonel HJ Taplin, of Birchington, Kent, a World War I pilot turned engineer and inventor. As a sideline the Colonel builds radio-controlled model launches, too.

Researcher Comments

Title on lobby card reads "Electrically Powered Model Plane".

Keywords

Ships and boats; Aircraft; Toys and models

Locations

Kent; England; Birchington-on-Sea

Written sources

Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis

Credits:

Commentator

David De Keyser

Length of story (in feet)

218

Story extras:

Film clip

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