EAW026311 ENGLAND (1949). Farnborough, Various aircraft parked in front of the Royal Aircraft Establishment on the first day of the Farnborough Air Show, 1949
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| Title | [EAW026311] Farnborough, Various aircraft parked in front of the Royal Aircraft Establishment on the first day of the Farnborough Air Show, 1949 |
| Reference | EAW026311 |
| Date | 6-September-1949 |
| Link | |
| Place name | FARNBOROUGH |
| Parish | |
| District | |
| Country | ENGLAND |
| Easting / Northing | 486282, 154198 |
| Longitude / Latitude | -0.76278243433394, 51.279873843485 |
| National Grid Reference | SU863542 |
Pins
 Royal Aircraft Establishment railway, built in WWI. |
 arthur |
Tuesday 3rd of November 2015 02:07:02 PM |
| Bristol Freighter. |
 clippedwings |
Saturday 19th of July 2014 08:26:21 PM |
| Avro Anson. |
clippedwings |
Saturday 19th of July 2014 08:24:38 PM |
| Farnborough Station |
flubber |
Tuesday 24th of December 2013 09:15:36 PM |
| Farnborough Abbey |
flubber |
Tuesday 24th of December 2013 09:01:43 PM |
Farnborough Hill school |
arthur |
Tuesday 3rd of November 2015 02:03:46 PM |
| Spitfire in blast proof dispersal |
flubber |
Tuesday 24th of December 2013 09:00:05 PM |
| B-25 Mitchell |
flubber |
Tuesday 24th of December 2013 08:37:45 PM |
| Handley Page Hermes (x2) |
longshot |
Saturday 21st of December 2013 12:03:15 AM |
| Vickers Viscount Prototype |
longshot |
Saturday 21st of December 2013 12:02:28 AM |
| Armstrong Whitworth Apollo |
longshot |
Saturday 21st of December 2013 12:01:32 AM |
| closest a B-25 Mitchell, at rear a Vickers Valetta |
longshot |
Friday 20th of December 2013 11:58:29 PM |
| This looks like a Junkers Ju90 with its engines removed. |
Graeme |
Friday 20th of December 2013 07:43:35 PM |
Apparently this was a Junkers 290A |
flubber |
Sunday 2nd of March 2014 12:50:47 AM |
Nice spotting!... but it is actually a Junkers JU290... note the squarer vertical stabilisers. The JU90's had a much more pronounced curve on the leading edges. |
calladhor |
Monday 16th of June 2014 09:59:46 AM |
| Appears to be an Avro Lancaster or variant thereof |
MB |
Tuesday 17th of December 2013 12:03:45 AM |
Looks like an Avro Lincoln to me |
Druid_Ian |
Thursday 19th of December 2013 06:55:46 PM |
I agree thatit is a Lincoln |
Graham Yaxley |
Tuesday 13th of January 2015 12:15:55 AM |
| Looks like a jet - is it a De Havilland Comet 1, the first of which had an initial flight on 27 July 1949 |
MB |
Tuesday 17th of December 2013 12:00:55 AM |
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 06:43:07 PM |
I think that we have identified most of the aircraft in adjacent images. |
clippedwings |
Saturday 19th of July 2014 08:41:11 PM |