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        Middlesex. The Auto-Glider

        Near miss in Middlesex, as a glider narrowly avoids a car when coming in to land after a successful flight at Hanworth Aerodrome.

        Non-Fiction 1931 1 mins Silent

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        Overview

        Watched rather incongruously by a horse, the glider in this film is demonstrating a new method of getting airborne – being towed by car rather than using a steep slope and elastic rope. The pilot waves, the horse chews and the glide is aloft – magnificently – before almost hitting the same car as it comes in to land. Includes good shots of Hanworth Aerodrome, or the London Air Park, in Feltham, Hounslow, a popular venue for aerial events featuring high society.

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