RAF Giant Catapult

Series

Series Name
Pathe Super Sound Gazette

Issue

Super Issue No.
31/42
Date Released
25 May 1931
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 8
Summary
The only device of its kind in the world - launches 9-ton plane into the air at 60 miles an hour. In the air at 34 yards, instead of quarter of a mile! See this thrill at the RAF Pageant on June 27th, at Hendon.
Keywords
Aviation; Military
Locations
Farnborough
Credits:
Camera
Frank Augustus Bassill
Length of story (in feet)
148
Story extras:
Film clip

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'RAF Giant Catapult', Pathe Super Sound Gazette Issue No. 31/42, 25 May 1931. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/89130 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)