The "Flying Wing" New Type Plane Demonstrated

Series

Series Name

Pathe Gazette

Issue

Issue No.

39/9

Date Released

30 Jan 1939

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Wedding in Snowstorm
2. 2Ship Defies a Queen
3. 3World Scout Jamboree Ends
4. 4The "Flying Wing" New Type Plane Demonstrated
5. 5Meeting of City Fathers in Canton
6. 6Celebrating the Feast of St Marcel
7. 7Repairing the Menai Bridge
8. 8Floods in Ipswich
9. 9Hatfield Train Crash
10. 10Actors at Play at Donnybrooke

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 10

Summary

A revolutionary type of plane, built without fuselage or body. Passengers in the new plane will be carried in a cabin in the wings.

Keywords

Aviation

Locations

Southampton

Length of story (in feet)

55

Story extras:

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Notes

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