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1929 USA / TRANSPORT / QUIRKY: Airplane "Flapper" : Wings demonstration
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0:32Now PlayingDate: 21st November 1929
Location: USA, United States
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: EMPIRE NEWS NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE CARD INFORMATION: "A Modern Flapper"
USA: Denver:
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New flying machine (aircraft) (plane) connected to motorcycle as wings sent into flapping frenzy / Plane wings rotating from side to side / Pilot seated in flying contraption / "Gray Goose" banner (Gray Goose Airways) attached to wings of plane as wings flap at speed
SLATE: Flip, flap, flip, flap.....flop (brief)
Wings flapping on plane as Gray Goose banner falls off
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