Boy Pilot (1955)

L, S of an airfield couple of aircraft in shot. Young boy walks into shot with his father. It is Brian Bishop of Corringham in Essex he is Britain s youngest pilot (15 years old). The airfield Southend Airport. on Sea (SouthendonSea). C, Us of Brian zipping up his flying jacket and putting on his boots. C, U of his father. Brian walks towards his plane and climbs in. The plane is a Auster Autocrat. He isn t allowed to fly solo until he is eighteen. Good C, U of Brian in the cockpit giving the thumbs up sign. L, S of the plane being started up. We see it taxiing along then taking off. His father watches his flight. Air to air shots of the aircraft in flight and shots of Brian and instructor Jerry Quinn (sp ) of Southend Flying School in the cockpit. Brian puts the plane into a dive. Narrator observes that flying keeps Brian out of mischief. FILM A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS