THE FLYING GRANDMOTHER -1975
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Channel: Historic Films Stock Footage Archive · 2013 · Education
For licensing inquiries please contact Historic Films Archive (www.historicfilms.com / [email protected]) 00:01:05 THE FLYING GRANDMOTHER: FETA BENNINGFIELD SITS IN LIVING ROOM, AT HOME IN RAYTOWN, MISSOURI, WITH HER HUSBAND, TWO CHILDREN, SEVEN GRAND-CHILDREN. GRAND-CHILDREN PLAY GAMES ON FLOOR. 00:01:26 PIPER CUB AIRPLANE IN FLIGHT, COMING TOWARDS CAMERA. FETA SITS AT CONTROLS OF PIPERCUB. TELLS ABOUT HER 10-YEAR FLYING CAREER. SHE OBTAINED PRIVATE, COMMERCIAL LICENSE, INSTRUMENT RATING, INSTRUCTOR RATING, INSTRUMENT INSTRUCTOR, SEAPLANE RATING. AERIAL VIEW OF COASTLINE BELOW. 00:02:10 AERIAL VIEW OF LANDSCAPE AS SHE COMES IN FOR PERFECT THREE-POINT LANDING. CU SHE SPEAKS TO TOWER OVER RADIO. 00:02:29 FETA FEEDS LUNCH TO HER LARGE GROUP GRAND-CHILDREN AT KITCHEN COUNTER. FETA OPENS MEDICAL FILES AT DOCTOR'S OFFICE WHERE SHE WORKS PART-TIME. AS RECEPTIONIST, SHE SPEAKS TO BLACK MOTHER HOLDING CHILD IN ARMS. 00:03:21 SHE & ANOTHER WOMAN ENTER UNION MISSION AUXILIARY BUILDING, CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION OF WHICH SHE IS PRESIDENT. FETA SITS AT SEWING MACHINE, REPAIRING CLOTHING FOR NEEDY PEOPLE. SHE, ASSOCIATE SPREAD OUT, FOLD, LARGE QUILT CONTRIBUTED TO MISSION 00:03:49 FETA AND WOMAN PUSH HER PIPER CUB ONTO FIELDS. SHE GETS IN ON PASSENGER SIDE, GIVES INSTRUCTION TO WOMAN AT CONTROLS. PLANE TAXIS ONTO RUNWAY. TAKES OFF. SHOT OF RUNWAY DURING TAKE-OFF FROM PILOT'S VIEW. FETA NARRATES.
