Glider priest. Dunstable Downs in Bedfordshire.
GV At Dunstable Downs, Bedfordshire. Father John Milne gets into glider which is a German Schleicherk, which has a 47-foot wingspan. This is Father Johns 69th solo flight. MS as Father John closes the cockpit. GV Young girl holding wing. SV Man fixing cable to glider. AS Batman signalling to take off. SV Pan as the glider moves off. It takes to the air. LV Glider in the air, In foreground is the winch that has pulled it up. CU Father John in cockpit in the air. GV Glider in the air. GV Glider doing loop-the-loop acrobatics. LV As the glider comes in to land. It touches ground. Pan as it comes to rest.
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