Training A Real Sky Pilot (1920-1929)

Full title reads: “Training A Real Sky Pilot - Pathe Pictorial“. Introductory intertitle reads: “When you hear the drone of that ’plane high up aloft, do you ever think of the training of its pilot and his satellites? The busy ’shop’ instruction -“. Various shots of RAF trainees in a workshop. They are working with wood. Intertitle reads: “The ’prop’ swinging class - whose instructor’s motto is ’Nobody loves me’.“ VS Group of trainees are being taught how to start a biplane engine by swinging the propellor - it is harder than it looks. Intertitle reads: “The change of job when the East calls for another machine to be despatched.“ VS as men pack the fuselage of a plane onto the back of a train. Intertitle reads: “And the happiest ’call’ of all - ’Cookhouse’.“ MS of man blowing bugle. People run from barracks in background. VS of men (possibly Royal Flying Corps). filing into canteen. Intertitle reads: “You can spend a lot of time in the air but you can’t live on it“. Various good shots of men
Back to Top