Ditching Trials (1969)

DITCHING TRIALS. Isle of Wight. Various shots of a scale model of the Handley Page, “Jetstream“ aircraft undergoing its ditching trials in the tanks of the British Hovercraft Corporation. The scale balsa wood model undergoes a simulated crash landing in the sea and results are studied to enable it to pass its air safety licence. We see the model brought out to tank, rigged up with weights, etc., and two shots of it entering the water. MS’s models of other aircraft on wall. 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. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews c