A Flying Flea "Hop"

(16 Apr 1936)
Shots of the Flying Flea on the ground. Taking off and in the air. Another plane in air with motor cycle engine in the air.
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This is a really valuable clip. A.E. Clouston describes the event in some detail in his book 'The Dangerous Skies' and I believe the pilot of the Flea may have been F.W. Broughton, who developed the Perman Parasol and then the Broughton Blayney Brawny based on Clouston's ideas, or so he (Clouston) claimed. This was after AEC had been testing Fleas at Gravesend with mixed results. In fact the Flea in the video has the same reg as one of the Brawnys, which sadly crashed fatally. The Aeronca in the clip is flown by AEC.