Airspeed Record

Series

Series Name: World Pictorial News

Issue

Issue No.

239

Date Released

3 Dec 1945

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

The British-made Meteor. Barrage balloons mark course of the first flight. A view of "what six hundred miles an hour looks like from the pilot’s cockpit". First test runs made by Eric Greenwood, chief testpilot of the Gloster company. Group Captain Wilson flies the Gloster Britannia at 606 mph.

Keywords

Aviation

Credits:

Commentator: Patrick O’Malley

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