Prelude To Flight | Shell Historical Film Archive

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[@Solar.Geoengineering.Advocate]

you are guilty of crimes against humanity.

[@lyndaleelaberge4369]

Absolutely fascinating!!!!

[@alexandergleason8237]

marvellous - been waiting years to see this one

[@lyndaleelaberge4369]

love the seatbelt

[@Dr_Mario2007]

Kinda wild that we're about to have SSTs (supersonic transports) once again in a while soon - now that sonic boom noise issues are largely solved, mainly with the computers we have nowadays. It's kinda interesting to take a look at over a century of airplane history, I just like the fact that those historical films were preserved and digitized for us to view what may have been relegated to the underground film bunker and forgotten.

[@BillDunlop-b1u]

4:41 I was relieved to see that girl had kept her modesty by wearing a dress.

[@DB-thats-me]

As opposed to what?? 😳🤔

[@BillDunlop-b1u]

@@DB-thats-me Trousers, of course. As women who have no regard for their femininity do nowadays.

[@PDZ1122]

Is this Dunstable?

[@tomhaskett5161]

7:57 certainly looks like it here! Also he mentions flying towards Whipsnade later in the film. Wonder if the zoo was there at this time?

[@keesdalm9827]

He goes looking for thermals at 300 feet. At that height I am turning for finals.

[@a-fl-man640]

traffic pattern, downwind, base, final. no finals

[@AnthonyHigham6414001080]

@@a-fl-man640 Or there's the Spitfire approach, a gentle 180 degree turn and land.

[@professorshermanpeabody1237]

First lesson: get up in the morning

[@noelmckenna3510]

Bet some of these guys ended up flying fighters bombers 7 years later

[@Paiadakine]

I wonder if that young lady became a pilot in WWII?