New Type All-Wing Plane Demonstrated and the New Defiant Two-Seater Fighter

Series

Series Name

Pathe Gazette

Issue

Issue No.

39/40

Date Released

18 May 1939

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Royalty at Chelsea Flower Show
2. 2Indoor Tennis Championships at Wembley
3. 3French Officers Visit Sandhurst
4. 4The Kentucky Derby
5. 5Anglo-Italian Soccer Duel
6. 6Pilgrims Leave London for Lourdes
7. 7Mauretania Makes Her First ‘Voyage’
8. 8New Type All-Wing Plane Demonstrated and the New Defiant Two-Seater Fighter
9. 9Wedding on Roller Skates
10. 10John Henry Armstrong in Training for the Forthcoming Fight

Story

Story No. within this Issue

8 / 10

Summary

In new all-wing monoplane, passengers and crew will be in the wings giving more space and a greater rigidity of construction . Details of the new Defiant two-seater fighter are still secret, but it is demonstrated at the Royal Aeronautical Society’s garden party.

Keywords

Displays; Aviation; Social events; Military

Length of story (in feet)

73

Story extras:

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