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Here is a link to a video titled 'Ontario - Baghdad' on the British Pathé website - https://www.britishpathe.com/video/ontario-baghdad Here is a link to a video titled 'Reid And Ayling' on the British Pathé website - https://www.britishpathe.com/video/unidentified-airman-talking-about-a-flight-aka Hatfield Airport, Hertfordshire. Nose of the de Havilland Dragon plane with name "Trail of the Caribou" on it. Two men standing in front of plane - Captain L G Reid from Canada and his aid, J R Ayling, an Englishman. In trying to achieve their goal - to fly from Canada to Iraq, they had to stop in London. Captain Reid starts speaking - natural sound. He talks about his disappointment for not achieving the goal - flying to Baghdad without breaks but he is happy to have flown to England, that is a great achievement too. He talks about flight conditions etc. Jimmy Ayling also talks about the flight. |
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