3-020-514 - British Pathe Ltd/Heritage Images

Male Civilian Carrying a Small Pedal Powered Flying Machine and Trying to Demonstrate It in a Park but Failing, 1929. 'Why not a plane in every garage - why not every man's own aerial run-about? Something small, simple and cheap...whenever there's a need, there's always somebody trying to fill it...they used to laugh at Leonardo da Vinci...In every field of human endeavour, hope springs eternal'. From "Time to Remember - 1929 The Time Of The House At Bognor" - Reel 3; a documentary about the world in 1929. Illness of King George V & economic depression.