EAW026308 ENGLAND (1949). Farnborough, Various aircraft parked in front of the Royal Aircraft Establishment on the first day of the Farnborough Air Show, from the north-east, 1949

MoS Bedford Artic Buses.

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.

Row 6 Westland Sikorsky S51? Cierva Skeeter? Cierva Air Horse

Row 7 Miles HP Marathon Meteor DH Sea Hornet DH Vampire Avro Athena?

Row8 Avro Anson Hawker TempestTrainer Sea Fury Chrislea Super Ace Auster?

Row9 Vickers Valletta Short Sturgeon Percival Prince (pair) Percival Prentice

Row10 Bristol 170 Freighter Dragonfly (S51), Cierva Skeeter?

last Percival Proctor?

Row 1 EE Canberra...AW Apollo

Row 2 DH Chipmunk, Dove, Vampire, Vampire? Venom? Comet

Row3 Airspeed Ambassador Vickers Varsity, Supermarine Seagull Amphibian, Supermarine 510,Vickers Viscount

Row4 Avro Shackleton, Avro Athena?, BoultonPaul Balliol? Miles/HP Marathon Hp Hermes (pair)

Row 5 Avro Lancaster, Short Sealand,Westland Wyvern, Hawker P1052, Hawker Sea Hawk , Gloster Meteor F.8 Gloster Meteor F.4? (pair)

Row5 Bristo; 170 Freighter, Fairey Firefly Percival Prince Percival Prentice ,Austers (pair)

Seems a better idea to spread the pins more thinly over the several different views of this Farnborough show so they can be read?