Nottinghamshire - Flying Spark

Series

Series Name

Mining Review 19th Year

Issue

Issue No.

12

Date Released

Aug 1966

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1National story - New Areas for Old - 1
2. 2Nottinghamshire - New Warmth
3. 3Country Durham - Two-Way Belt
4. 4Nottinghamshire - Flying Spark

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

NoS synopsis: Colliery electrician is week-end flier.
NCB Commentary - Thorseby Colliery, one of Nottingham’s million and half ton a year mines.
Down there underground or in the electrician’s shop, Keith Smith spends his working hours maintaining the intricate electrical gear essential to modern mining.
But at the weekends Keith really knows how to rise above it.
He’s a member of the local flying club, one of the increasing number of men and women who take to the air in their spare time.
Today he’s taking up the club’s Auster - the plane he likes flying the best.
A check on the controls and instruments and he’s ready to start up.
Clearance from the control tower, and Keith can begin to roll. Up above te Nottinghamshire landscape, there are plenty of mining landmarks to fix his position.
It looks as if Keith can’t keep away from Thoresby where he works, but it’s a convenient turning point for his landing approach.
Flying this way costs people like Keith about £3 an hour. Amateur flyers all over the country agree that this is a wonderful way to get your kicks on budget terms.

Keywords

Aviation; Mining

Written sources

British Film Institute Databases
Films on Coal Catalogue   1969, p.52
The National Archives COAL 32   /13 Scripts for Mining Review, 1960-1963

Credits:

Sponsor

National Coal Board

Production Co.

National Coal Board Film Unit