Gander To London - BOAC Vc10 Automatic Landing (1968)

BOAC VC10 travelling from Gander, Newfoundland to London Airport, makes automatic landing (using automatic pilot). Air to air shot passenger airliner in flight. M/S interior of pilot’s cabin. M/S throttles moving on their own. C/U ditto. L/S the flight deck. C/U control column moving. C/U course deviation indicator. C/U pilot with arms folded. C/U radio altimeter needle falling. L/S the flight deck as the plane approaches runway. C/U as throttles are automatically closed. C/U control column moving back. L/S the flight deck as the VC10 lands. We see the plane touch down and pass the camera. BOAC = British Overseas Airways Corporation. 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 ite