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Topical Budget 298-1: Imperial Air Fleet Aeroplane (1917)
 

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Title: "IMPERIAL AIR FLEET AEROPLANE. Lord Desborough has the inaugural flight in the Imperial aeroplane, and is congratulated by Gen. Smuts on landing."

A crowd of people gathers around the plane. Lord Desborough, wearing pilots' protective clothing, stands by the plane (sporting a Union Jack). He then boards it, taking the rear seat while the pilot goes up front. The plane is called the 'South Africa'.