To Ireland by Air (clip)

Questions

• What do you notice about the runway, airport, plane etc.?
• Who is flying the plane and what is unusual about this?
• How long do you think the flight to Ireland would take? How long does it take today?
• How many people do you think the plane could hold? What do you think it would have been like to fly in the plane?
• You see shots of people smoking near the plane - would this be allowed today.

Activities

History / Modern Studies / Gender: Research early flight and find out what other female flight pioneers existed. Find out about Scotland's pioneer Winnie Drinkwater. Present as website, report, talk, presentation.

English / Drama: Script a short dialogue about traveling on the plane; two people see that it's a woman pilot and have opposing views about this. What would they argue about?

Science and Technology: Research the technology of flight and find out when radar was invented and what effect this had on flying.

English / Expressive Arts : Create the advertising for this airline, Midland and Scottish Air Ferries Ltd, eg. design the tickets, posters, brochure and web page. Produce in the 1930s style.