EAW026310 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 | [EAW026310] Farnborough, Various aircraft parked in front of the Royal Aircraft Establishment on the first day of the Farnborough Air Show, 1949 |
Reference | EAW026310 |
Date | 6-September-1949 |
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Place name | FARNBOROUGH |
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Country | ENGLAND |
Easting / Northing | 486212, 154242 |
Longitude / Latitude | -0.76377530968039, 51.280280036848 |
National Grid Reference | SU862542 |
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Vickers Viscount |
ken |
Friday 5th of February 2021 08:27:41 PM |
Bristol Freighter |
ken |
Friday 5th of February 2021 08:26:31 PM |
A Comet by the shape |
Kevin |
Saturday 13th of August 2016 02:56:55 AM |
Part of taxiway visible on EAW046628. |
Tony D |
Thursday 12th of June 2014 12:41:40 AM |
Mock aircraft carrier deck believed to have been used for arrester wire tests. |
flubber |
Tuesday 24th of December 2013 08:51:03 PM |
The famous "Black Sheds". the left hand one was demolished after being struck by the French Navy Atlantic crash during the 1967 show. The right hand shed still in situ. |
flubber |
Tuesday 24th of December 2013 08:48:41 PM |
Trenchard House, the original Officer Mess now the home of the Farnborough Air Sciences Trust, (FAST) |
flubber |
Tuesday 24th of December 2013 08:44:04 PM |
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 06:49:04 PM |