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Scott and the Flying Scotsman

Record-breaking aviators Jim Mollison and CWA Scott meet at Hanworth Aerodrome.

Non-Fiction 1931 1 mins Silent

Overview

Record-breaking aviators Jim Mollison and CWA Scott meet at Hanworth Air Park, south-west London, in this British Screen News item. Glasgow-born Mollison is now best known for his troubled marriage to legendary aviator Amy Johnson, but was a newsworthy daredevil in his own right. The two men are seen here not long after Mollison had beaten Scott’s own recently-set record for flying from Australia to England, in July 1931. The aircraft in the foreground appears to be Scott’s de Havilland DH.60M Moth VH-UQA.

Genres

Non-Fiction

Country

United Kingdom

Location

Hanworth

Language

No Dialogue with English subtitles

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