EAW026296 ENGLAND (1949). Farnborough, Various aircraft parked in front of the Royal Aircraft Establishment on the first day of the Farnborough Air Show, 1949. This image has been produced from a print.

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Details

Title [EAW026296] Farnborough, Various aircraft parked in front of the Royal Aircraft Establishment on the first day of the Farnborough Air Show, 1949. This image has been produced from a print.
Reference EAW026296
Date 6-September-1949
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Place name FARNBOROUGH
Parish
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 486382, 154404
Longitude / Latitude -0.76129904948309, 51.281710777746
National Grid Reference SU864544

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User Comment Contributions

The following aircraft were exhibited at the 1949 Society of British Aircraft Constructors air show at Farnborough:

G-AGTC Percival Proctor 5

G-AHKX Avro 19 Anson

G-AHRF Vickers Viscount 630

G-AHXU Handley Page Marathon 2

G-AIME Bristol Freighter 21

G-AIYN Armstrong Whitworth Apollo

G-AJCJ Cierva Sketter 1

G-AJIZ Auster Autocrat J/1

G-AJYF Auster Avis 2

G-AJYK Auster Autocar J/5B

G-AKRD Airspeed Ambassador

G-AKSV de Havilland Dove 1

G-AKVB Chrislea Super Ace 2

G-AKVS Chrislea Super Ace 4

G-ALDA Handley Page Hermes 4

G-ALEG Westland-Sikorsky S51

G-ALEU Handley Page Hermes 5

G-ALFZ Percival Prince 1

G-ALIK Westland-Sikorsky S51

G-ALJA Percival Prince 1

G-ALRY Percival Survey Prince

G-ALUB Handley Page Marathon 1

G-ALUF Cierva Skeeter 2

G-ALVG de Hivilland Comet 1

G-5-2 de Havilland DH113

G-18-2 Bristol Freighter 31

PA147 Supermarine Seagull ASR1

RA435 Gloster Meteor F4

RA491 Gloster Meteor F4

TS409 Supermarine Attacker

TS477 Short Sturgoen TT2

TW911 Avro Lancaster B1 (engine testbed)

VF665 Auster T7

VM129 Avro Athena 1

VN799 English Electric Canberra 1

VP113 Westland Wyvern TF2

VP413 Hawker N.7/46 (Sea Hawk prototype)

VR211 Percival Prentice T1

VR591 Boulton Paul Balliol 2

VS639 Percival prentice T1

VV106 Supermarine 510

VV217 de Havilland Vampire FB5

VV454 de Havilland Vampire FB5

VV612 de Havilland Venom 1

VW131 Avro Shackleton 1

VW482 Gloster Meteor T7

VW829 Avro Athena 2

VX279 Hawker P1052

VX287 Hawker Sea Fury T20

VX571 Vickers Valetta C2

VX642 Hawker Sea Fury FB11

VX828 Vickers Vasity T1

VX784 Avro 707

VZ438 Gloster Meteor F8

VZ658 de Havilland Sea Hornet PR22

VZ724 Cierva Air Horse

WB310 Fairey Firefly AS5

WB549 de Havilland Chipmunk T10

WB550 de Havilland Chipmunk T10

VP-TBA Short Sealand 1



Additional aircraft around the airfield were either residents or support aircraf for the exhibitors

Graham Yaxley
Friday 16th of January 2015 07:54:31 PM