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1949 Shah of Iran pilots a plane

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Date: 15th December 1949

Location: Iran

Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)

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IRAN, SHAN OF & QUEEN (MOHAMED RIZA) Visits the American Aircraft Carrier Valley Forge, also seen at the controls of a U.S. Navy plane.......

VALLEY FORGE...AMERICAN AIR-CRAFT CARRIER. Visited by the Shan of Iran, seen in U.S navy plane also at the controls.

Royalty; Mohammed Riza Pahlavi, Shah of Persia (1941-79), Aviation

plane, pilot, flying, aircraft carrier, Reza Shah Pahlavi, aeroplane, aeroplanes

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QUEEN MOHAMED RIZA VisitsUS NavyReza Shah Pahlavi

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