de Havilland flying school 1933

To be rich and British in the 1930's. Short film promoting civil flying (and Moth sales)

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Entertainment

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• de
• Havilland
• flying
• school
• 1933
• Moth
• aviation
• history
• airplane
• aircraft

[MSavageEsq]

Priceless history. I love the language. "By presenting an inclined control surface to the airstream".

[Spacemonkeymk1]

Good lord! Next she'll want to vote and wear trousers!

[henerymag]

100 bucks and 8 hrs, I could afford to be an astronaut

[michaelhypno]

4 months ago

I used to offer in flight Hemorrhoid surgery on these flights.

Anyone who suffered from weeping piles could have them corterized by me at 15.000 feet at a very competitive price.

suffice it to say there were a lot of takers. However Hitler and the subsequent world war greatly damaged my business

[dwildpig]

It would be safer to start on the grass and with chocks in place!

[hellspawndarkangel]

it was common that after 8 hours instruction, the student would then go solo, they then would be legible to apply for a flying club certificate which is what they had before pilots licenses. The test would be to climb to a certain altitude, do a couple of figure of eight turns and then land again without damage to the a/c. After you received your certificate you could b=pretty much do what you want

[hellspawndarkangel]

the de havilland flying school was one of the first flying schools in the U.K. to be subsidised by the govmt. They received 1000 pound a year from them. Considering the average man received about 5 pound a week that is quite allot of money. The cost before they were subsidized was 5.5 pound an hour at the dehavilland flying club

[danlefou]

Actually, government subsidy of flying clubs between the wars made private aviation much less expensive in real terms than it is today.

[danlefou]

Ey say, huy vereh Cholmondeley-Warnah!

[skyterrapin]

How frightfully spiffing old bean. Now teach me to be a racing driver inside a fortnight.