EAW052992 ENGLAND (1953). Farnborough, various aircraft on display at the Farnborough Air Show, 1953
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Title | [EAW052992] Farnborough, various aircraft on display at the Farnborough Air Show, 1953 |
Reference | EAW052992 |
Date | 5-September-1953 |
Link | |
Place name | FARNBOROUGH |
Parish | |
District | |
Country | ENGLAND |
Easting / Northing | 486379, 154158 |
Longitude / Latitude | -0.76140155051397, 51.279499510496 |
National Grid Reference | SU864542 |
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Billy Turner |
Tuesday 27th of December 2016 03:28:11 PM | |
Billy Turner |
Saturday 24th of December 2016 07:58:50 PM | |
DH Heron |
flubber |
Monday 23rd of November 2015 02:34:11 PM |
DHC Beaver |
flubber |
Monday 23rd of November 2015 02:32:07 PM |
Gloster Javalin |
flubber |
Monday 23rd of November 2015 02:31:03 PM |
Bristol Belvedere helicopter |
Coventry kid |
Wednesday 12th of November 2014 08:57:43 PM |
Hawker Hunter jet fighter - possibly the prototype at this date. |
Coventry kid |
Wednesday 12th of November 2014 08:54:27 PM |
AW Seahawk. A beautiful early naval jet fighter that gave long and effective service. One still flies today. |
Coventry kid |
Wednesday 12th of November 2014 08:53:28 PM |
Gloster Meteor - 2 seater. Either a trainer or night fighter variant. |
Coventry kid |
Wednesday 12th of November 2014 08:52:24 PM |
Westland Wyvern naval strike aircraft. Note contra-props - powered by a Armstrong / Bristol Siddeley Python engine. |
Coventry kid |
Wednesday 12th of November 2014 08:51:17 PM |
One of the Avro 707 mini-Vulcan test planes. |
Coventry kid |
Wednesday 12th of November 2014 08:49:38 PM |
Boulton Paul experimental delta-winged jet. This is now at the Midland Air Museum, Coventry. |
Coventry kid |
Wednesday 12th of November 2014 08:48:47 PM |
A DH 110 - later the 'Sea Vixen' naval fighter. One of these had crashed after breaking the 'sound barrier' at the 1952 show, killing the crew and when its engines detached and flew into the crowd, many spectators too. |
Coventry kid |
Wednesday 12th of November 2014 05:18:40 PM |
User Comment Contributions
During the 1953 SBAC show at Farnborough the following aircraft were exhibited: F-BGNN Vickers Viscount 708 F-BGNX de Havilland Comet 1A G-AINL Bristol Freighter 31 G-ALBO Bristol Britannia 100 G-ALFT de Havilland Dove 2 G-ALUN Saunders Roe Princess 1 (Flying display only) G-AMAV Vickers Viscount 700 3 G-AMJI Bristol 173 G-AMMS Auster J/5L Aiglet Trainer G-AMTS de Havilland Heron 2 G-AMTZ Saunders Roe Skeeter 5 G-AMWF Bristol Freighter 32 G-AMWI Bristol 171 G-AMZN de Havilland Dove 6 G-ANAR de Havilland Canada Beaver 2 G-ANAZ Scottish Aviation Pioneer 2 VT935 Boulton Paul BP111A VW870 Westland Wyvern S4 VX770 Avro Vulcan 1 VX777 Avro Vulvan 1 VX790 Avro 707B VZ966 Westland Dragonfly HR1 WB188 Hawker Hunter 3 WB202 Hawker Hunter F2 WB771 Handley page Victor B1 WD930 English Electric Canberra B2 WD952 English Electric Canberra B2 WE146 English Electric Canberra PR3 WG240 de Havilland 110 WD280 Avro 707A WG768 Short SB5 WG796 Avro Shackleton MR2 WJ716 English Electric Canberra B2 WJ954 Vickers Valiant 2 WK195 Supermarine Swift F3 WK198 Supermarine Swift F4 WL716 Boulton Paul Sea Balliol T21 WM873 Fairey Firefly T7 WN341 Fairey Gannet AS1 WS141 Gloster Meteor T7 WT557 Hawker Hunter F1 WT827 Gloster Javelin FAW1 WV471 Percival Provost T1 WV472 Percival Provost T1 WV701 Percival Pembroke C1 WZ736 Avro 707B WZ744 Avro 707C WZ884 de Havilland Chipmunk T10 WZ889 Blackburn Universal Freighter 2 XA177 Auster B4 Ambulance XA209 Short seamew AS1 XA863 Westland Whirlwind HAR1 PK-GHB de Havilland Heron 1 other aircraft on the airfield were resident or exhibitor support |
Graham Yaxley |
Thursday 12th of March 2015 10:48:45 PM |