TEST PILOT | Would You Fly a Brand‑New Beaver? | National Film Board of Canada

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Channel: NFB · 2018 · Film & Animation

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In this short documentary, Fred Davis visits the De Havilland Aircraft factory in Toronto, circa 1954. He interviews two test pilots, talks to one of their wives, and goes for a ride in a new Beaver airplane.

Directed by Allen Stark  - 1954 | 15 min

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