| 14 YEAR OLD AVIATOR 14 year old boy pilot & 20 year old girl pilot. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5517 |
| Catalog #: | 251661 | |
| Clip Number: | 251661-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 34/30 | |
| Timecode: | 01:25:38 - 01:27:16 | |
| Location: | East Anglia, England. | |
| Year Shot: | 1934 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | AGE GROUP/TEENAGERS: Skills LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England TRANSPORTATION/AVIATION: Instruction & Training TRANSPORTATION/AVIATION: Record Flights | |
| Description: | GAZETTE Title for this item is missing. Paperwork title for this item reads: "SUB: 1 - 14 year old aviator at East Anglian Aero Club." East Anglia Aero Club. Close up shot of a boy in pilot gear. Boy is 14 year old Victor Otley (sp?) of Alexandra Park, London. Boy climbs into a plane. A man starts the propellor and boy takes off. Cut to the boy getting out of plane. Man, his flight instructor, and a girl waiting. Man introduces Victor to Miss Hughes, the Club's youngest girl pilot. It sounds as if he introduceds the boy as 15 years old [Pathe notes listed this as "17 year old boy pilot" in the short summary]. Girl leaves and the man interviews Victor. Boy says he feels confident... very keen on flying... believes that young people should lead the way. Paperwork states that the title for this item is "SUB: 2 ...and Miss Winifred Drinkwater - the girl pilot who will co-operate with the men on the Liverpool Air Ferries." Location unknown. Miss Winifred Drinkwater, age 20, in front of plane getting ready to fly. Sign on the plane reads "Highland and Scottish Air Ferries Ltd." Young pilot woman in cockpit with two other people in plane. Commentator states that she is fully qualified as a pilot and regularly co-operates with men on the Liverpool Air Ferries. | |
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