Description
Media Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)
Sleeve Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)
WE SHIP WORLDWIDE. Record has one or two fine paper surface marks. Front laminated flip-back sleeve has minor shelfwear. UK 1969 pressing on BBC Radio Enterprises.
Notes:
A1.. Charles H. Gibbs-Smith – How It All Began. The Early History Of Flying
A2a. Lord Brabazon Of Tara – The Holder Of No. 1 Certificate Granted By The Royal Aero Club For Pilots Reminisces
A2b. No Artist – Bleriot Monoplane (1909) Starts Up, Runs And Stops
A2c. Lord Brabazon Of Tara – Tells How He Won The Daily Mail Prize Of £1,000 In 1909
A3. Sir Thomas Sopwith – Talks About His Early Aircraft Building Experiences
A4. No Artist – Sopwith Pup (1916) Starts, Warms Up, Revs And Switches Off
A5. Sir Geoffrey De Havilland – Recalls Early Days At The Royal Aircraft Factory In Farnborough
A6. No Artist – The Farnborough-Built S.E.5a (1917) Starts Up, Revs, Ticks Over, Takes Off, Circles Overhead And Dives
A7. Sir Geoffrey De Havilland – Talks About The Birth Of The Aircraft Industry And The First Civil Airliner
A8. No Artist – Bristol Fighter (1916) With A Single Rolls-Royce Engine Starts Up, Taxies, Takes Off, Passes Overhead And Flies Into The Distance
A9. Sir Arthur Whitten-Brown – Describes The First Ever Direct Flight Across The Atlantic Which He Made In 1919 With Sir John Alcock
A10. Sir Alan Cobham – Tells How He Pioneered The Establishment Of International Air Routes
A11. No Artist – Gipsy Moth (About 1930) Starts, Revs And Taxies Away
B1. Mr. L. Nightingale – A Fitter At Croydon Airport Recalls The Aircraft Used In The Early Days And Remembers The Arrival Of Lindbergh And Amy Johnson
B2. Captain O.P. Jones – Retired Senior Captain Of B.O.A.C., Remembers Early Scheduled Flights
B3. No Artist – A Portrait Of The Tiger Moth, The Aircraft Used More Than Any Other For Training Pilots, Starts, Ticks Over, Taxies Away, Takes Off And Flies Slowly Past
B4. Air Marshall Sir Richard Atcherley – Tells Of The Development Of The Schneider Trophy Seaplanes Which Were The Forerunners Of The Spitfire. He Mentions His Own Part In The Schneider Trophy Race Of 1929
B5. No Artist – Spitfire Starts, Taxies, Takes Off And Passes Overhead
B6a. No Artist – Jet Engine On Test Bed
B6b. Hayne Constant – One Of The Team That Developed The Early Gas Turbine Engines Talks About The Birth Of The Jet
B7a. No Artist – Comet IV Taking Off
B7b. Group Captain John Cunningham – Then Chief Test Pilot And A Director Of The De Havilland Aircraft Company Tells The Story Of The Culmination Of The British Contribution To Powered Flight – The First Passenger-Carrying Jet Airliner In The World – The Comet
