The Flying Wing (1947)

Unissued / Unused material. Test flight of the jet engined tailless aircraft - the flying wing. Baginton near Rugby, Warwickshire. C/U Squadron Leader Franklin standing in front of the plane. M/S the nose of the plane. Various shots of the plane on the ground. M/S F. O. M. Sopwith, Chairman of Hawker-Siddeley, H. M. Woodham, Director of Armstrong Whitworth aircraft, Mr. Lloyd, designer of the tailless plane and Sir Ben Lockspieser, chief scientist of the Ministry of Supply. C/U the plane on the ground. Various shots of it in flight. C/U the jet apparatus at the rear of the plane with two of the above mentioned officials warming their hands on it. C/U Franklin. M/S’s the flying wing taking off. L/S the flying wing landing. Cataloguer’s note: cuts for story ’December Goes Out (aka Britain’s Flying Wing)’ in 47/102 on *PM1199*. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES.