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Article: And now for something completely different ... ; Many of us remember Monty Python's Flying Circus - the often bizarre hit comedy series starring John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, Michael Palin and friends.
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- Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph
- Article date:
- February 23, 2009
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Many of us remember Monty Python's Flying Circus - the often
bizarre hit comedy series starring John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Eric
Idle, Michael Palin and friends.
But if you can recall Alan Cobham's Flying Circus, a British ex-
pat on the other side of the world would like to hear from you.
For the Nostalgia-follower from Australia is hoping readers will
be able to add to his memories of when a famous flyer visited the
Scunthorpe area.
Harry Gowlett, of 1 Mayleen Street, Clontarf, Brisbane 4019,
says he was reading a piece about the first helicopter capable of
lifting a man off the ground in vertical flight.
"This article stirred vivid memories for me of a visit I paid
with my father in ...