Blind Flying
Series
- Series Name
- Colour Pictorial
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 3 / 3
- Summary
- Pathe synopsis: ...come to the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Bedford and see the latest gadget these high-flyers have got for blind landing in bad weather. Even the huge jet-liners of today have to rely on the pilot for the final few feet before touch-down. Here, in a major development, the Bedford Blind Landing Unit have perfected gear that does the lot. Pathe Pictorial does a spectacular "Look - no hands" landing with these boffins of the air.
- Keywords
- Aviation; Science and technology
- Locations
- England; Bedford; Bedfordshire
- Written sources
- Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards Used for synopsis
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Richard Norton
- Length of story (in feet)
- 167
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- British Pathe Ltd
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How to cite this record
'Blind Flying', Colour Pictorial Issue No. 534, 18 Mar 1965. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/121629 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)