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2016-02-28

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Dogfights à travers les âges


C'est l'histoire des As au combat dans les cieux de nombre de théâtres d'opérations que nous livre Pierre Razoux, historien et directeur de recherches, expert du Moyen Orient et auteur aussi de...Lire la suite


Video: "Air Display In West London (1947)" Featuring Tipsy OO-TIA


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Unissued / Unused material.



Fairey Aviation Works Flying Club. White Waltham Airfield. Near Maidenhead. Berkshire.



MS's as girls from the Windmill Theatre climb into open aeroplane. Various CU's of the girls. Various shots of planes taking off. MS girls standing on the wing of a Proctor aircraft waving. CU a Firefly in flight.



Various shots three planes taking off. MS plane banking. MS helicopter hovering and manoeuvring above crowd. LS's of scenes on the airfield. MS people climbing into a plane to go for a ride. MS Sir Richard Fairey on platform before microphone at opening of the club.
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Video: "Rolls-Royce Merlin Engine"

 


Considered a British icon, the Merlin was one of the most successful aircraft engines of the World War II era, and many variants were built by Rolls-Royce in Derby, Crewe and Glasgow,as well as by Ford of Britain at their Trafford Park factory, near Manchester. The Packard V-1650 was a version of the Merlin built in the United States. Production ceased in 1950 after a total of almost 150,000 engines had been delivered, the later variants being used for airliners and military transport aircraft.

The PV-12 first ran in 1933 and, after several modifications, the first production variants were built in 1936. The first operational aircraft to enter service using the Merlin were the Fairey Battle, Hawker Hurricane and Supermarine Spitfire. More Merlins were made for the four-engined Avro Lancaster heavy bomber than for any other aircraft; however, the engine is most closely associated with the Spitfire, starting with the Spitfire's maiden flight in 1936. A series of rapidly applied devel...


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