EXPERIMENT OF LAUNCHING SEAPLANE BY CATAPULT METHOD : carried out with Fairey Seaplane N9 on HMS Slinger [Main Title]

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  • Title: EXPERIMENT OF LAUNCHING SEAPLANE BY CATAPULT METHOD : carried out with Fairey Seaplane N9 on HMS Slinger [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 1166
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  • Summary: Catapult launching tests using seaplanes on board HMS Slinger.
  • Description: Various close-ups of catapult on HMS Slinger. Test baulk and a dummy aircraft (Short 184 fuselage) are launched from the moored vessel. Close-ups of the catapult drive and release mechanisms. Frontal close-up of Fairey F.127 in position on the catapult. Medium shot of a successful launching from Slinger whilst underway. Medium shot off the port quarter of Slinger while the seaplane circles the ship.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1917-09
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Admiralty (Production sponsor) Engholm, F W (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Navy, Slinger (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: ships, British naval - STR: Slinger (object name) aircraft, British naval - R and D: Fairey F127 (object name) equipment, British naval air - propulsion: catapult (object name) 12/3(261.2) (event) Thames (River Estuary), England, UK (geography) Isle of Grain, Kent, England, UK (geography) Tyne (River), England, UK (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: English Subtitle language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 518 ft; Running time: 9 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Notes: Summary: HMS Slinger was a steam hopper specially commissioned for experiments using a catapult system built by Messrs Armstrong. First tests were made in September, 1917, in the Tyne. Also shown are later trials conducted under Lieutenant-Colonel H R Busteed, from June, 1918, at the Isle of Grain Experimental Aircraft Depot. The Fairey F.127, Admiralty No 9, was a one-off development aircraft specially strengthened for the trials. Technical: some of this material was used in the compilation THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FLEET AIR ARM, COI 302.
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