TRANSPORT: Aviation: Auto-giro (Windmill plane) in Channel flight (1928)

EMPIRE NEWS NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit Senor de la Cierva leaves Croydon for France in his auto-giro or windmill plane. Full Description: SLATE INFORMATION: Whirling over the Channel ENGLAND: Surrey: Croydon: EXT Senor de Cierva (Aviator) posing beside auto-giro Auto-giro preparing for flight Auto-giro taking off and along in sky ’The flying windmill’ as seen from the accompanying Air Union liner. AIR TO AIR Auto-giro flying (with Air Union Liner seen in foreground) AIR TO AIR Auto-giro flying Background: Senor de la Cierva leaves Croydon for France in his auto-giro or windmill plane. FILM ID: VLVA6SFEN3THCHM7DAP5M37Q0Q9MJ To license this film, visit Archive: Reuters Archive managed by: British Pathé