Veteran Plane Flies the Channel
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- Pathe News
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Story
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- 6 / 6
- Summary
- French airman Jean Salis - who was taught to fly by Louis Bleriot, first man to fly the English Channel in 1909 - repeats Bleriot’s feat in a replica of his aircraft.
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- Aviation
- Locations
- France; England
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- Pathe Journal
- Credits:
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- Cutter
- George Clark
- Camera
- John Corbett
- Length of story (in feet)
- 137
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'Veteran Plane Flies the Channel', Pathe News Issue No. 55/61, 1 Aug 1955. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/106582 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)