EAW046632 ENGLAND (1952). Farnborough, Bristol 173 G-ALBN and Saunders-Roe Skeeter WF112 parked at the Farnborough Air Show, 1952
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Title | [EAW046632] Farnborough, Bristol 173 G-ALBN and Saunders-Roe Skeeter WF112 parked at the Farnborough Air Show, 1952 |
Reference | EAW046632 |
Date | 5-September-1952 |
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Place name | FARNBOROUGH |
Parish | |
District | |
Country | ENGLAND |
Easting / Northing | 486193, 154271 |
Longitude / Latitude | -0.76404069128512, 51.280543644407 |
National Grid Reference | SU862543 |
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It was this type of helicopter that was used to install the 'fleche' on top of the new Coventry cathedral. |
Coventry kid |
Sunday 8th of June 2014 06:16:34 PM |
To be accurate, it was a Belvedere (the production version) from RAF Odiham that performed the task. |
Graham Yaxley |
Friday 16th of January 2015 07:50:09 PM |
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The following aircraft were exhibited at the 1952 Society of British Aircraft Contructors (SBAC) airshow at Farnborough: CF-CUM de Havilland Comet 1A G-AIVX Short Sealand G-AJLW de Havilland Dove 2 G-AKBF Scottish Aviation Pioneer 2 G-ALBN Bristol 173 MK1 G-ALBO Bristol Britannia 100 G-ALSX Bristol 171 MK3 G-ALVG de Havilland Comet 1 G-ALWE Vickers Viscount 701 G-ALZL de Havilland Heron 1 G-AMKL Auster B4 G-AMKY Percival Prince 3B G-AMMB Percival Prince 2 G-AMMS Auster Aiglet Trainer J/5L G-AMPA Auster Autocrat J/5G G-AMTZ Saunders-Roe Skeeter 5 VV612 de Havilland Venom 1 VX136 Supermarine 508 VX158 Short Sperrin VX185 English Electric Canberra B5 VX770 Avro 698 Vulcan prototype VX790 Avro 707B VZ750 Westland Wyvern TF4 WB195 Hawker Hunter F1 WB215 Vickers Valiant B1 WD280 Avro 707A WD808 Gloster Javelin FAW1 WD933 English Electric Canberra B2 (Sapphire engines) WD943 English Electric Canberra B2 (Avon engines) WD952 English Electric Canberra B2 (Olympus engines) WE281 de Havilland Venom FB1 WE488 Fairey Ganett AS1 WE522 Percival Provest T1 WF112 Saunders-Roe Skeeter 3B WF147 Hawker Sea Hawk F1 WF320 Blackburn Univeral Freighter WF429 Vickers Varsity T1 WG236 de Havilland DH110 (crashed 6th September) WG240 de Havilland DH110 WG531 Avro Shackleton MR2 WG707 Westland Dragonfly HR3 WJ149 Fairey Firefly AS7 WJ965 Supermarine 541 WK194 Supermarine Swift F1 WK338 Supermarine Attacker FB2 WK385 de Havilland Sea Venom NF20 WL453 Gloster Meteor T7 WL808 de Havilland Venon NF2 WM166 Armstrong Whitworth Meteor NF11 WM735 Percival Sea Prince T1 WN467 English Electric Canberra T4 WP838 de Havilland Chipmunk T10 WZ429 de Havilland Vampire T11 XA250 Handley Page Reading Marathon T1 NZ5906 Bristol Freighter 31 Other aircraft on the airfield were resident or supporting the exhibitors. |
Graham Yaxley |
Friday 16th of January 2015 07:35:04 PM |