Open Day At Royal Aircraft Establishment (1964)

Bedford, Bedfordshire VS. Static models being tested for future shapes in air- craft. Models in wind tunnel emitting smoke at low speed wind, simulating landing conditions . VS. For training pilots a machine which has projected on screen the conditions come across during flying. The pilot is sitting in a mock cock- pit. VS. Line of model aircraft showing the gradual build up to the final design of the Concord. Photographers. VS. Steam catapult launching a Sea Vixen into flight. LS. Canberra landing through water trough to show effect on engines and skidding on wet surfaces. VS. Helicopter with large model of the Concord suspended on wire to show how the aircraft will move during flight. (Orig. Neg.) 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