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  • A talk by Sir Geoffrey de Havilland about his early days in aeronautics

Audio Visual
CID:
  • 45785
Authors:
  • De Havilland, Geoffrey
Publication Date:
  • 1962
Class:
  • Digital Audio Collection
  • Audio Reel Collection
  • Audio Cassette Collection
  • Record Collection
Subjects:
  • Memoirs and Famous Flights
Collation:
  • 1 reel, 1 cassette tape, audio files, 1 vynal record
Abstract:
  • Sir Geoffrey tells the stories of his first aeroplanes, the de Havilland Biplane No. 1 and how he improved it to become the de Havilland Biplane No. 2, before turning the story of how he created the Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.1 and the work of Edward T. Busk to improve the aircraft's stability.
Notes:
  • (RUN) Playing time: 3 3/4
  • (GEN) Cassette reference: 17852/1, Labelled on the IWM tape as 50th Anniversary of R.F.C. Upavon Display commentary. Reel Reference: RAS_35. Digital audio files taken from cassettes.
  • (GEN) A podcast version of the lecture can be found via https://soundcloud.com/aerosociety-podcast/from-the-archive-sir-geoffrey-de-havilland-on-his-early-days-in-aeronautics and https://www.aerosociety.com/news/audio-from-the-archive-sir-geoffrey-de-havilland-on-his-early-days-in-aeronautics/.
Price:
  • 0.00
Publication Date Information:
  • 1962

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