EAW052990 ENGLAND (1953). Farnborough, various aircraft on display at the Farnborough Air Show, 1953
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Details
| Title | [EAW052990] Farnborough, various aircraft on display at the Farnborough Air Show, 1953 |
| Reference | EAW052990 |
| Date | 5-September-1953 |
| Link | |
| Place name | FARNBOROUGH |
| Parish | |
| District | |
| Country | ENGLAND |
| Easting / Northing | 486235, 153888 |
| Longitude / Latitude | -0.76353104577343, 51.277093828872 |
| National Grid Reference | SU862539 |
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 XA177 Auster B4 Ambulance |
 Andy A |
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Wednesday 13th of April 2016 03:55:14 PM | |
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Wednesday 13th of April 2016 03:38:01 PM | |
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Wednesday 13th of April 2016 01:50:55 PM | |
| Shadow of photographers aircraft |
Charles Dale |
Wednesday 8th of July 2015 10:20:39 PM |
| No idea what this is - a model of an advanced concept?? |
Coventry kid |
Wednesday 12th of November 2014 05:14:42 PM |
Barnes's Wallis Swallow Swing wing prototype |
David Crawford |
Monday 2nd of November 2015 11:45:09 PM |
| Hunting 'Provost' - later superseded by the 'Jet Provost' - both trainers. |
Coventry kid |
Wednesday 12th of November 2014 05:13:41 PM |
| Boulton Paul 'Balliol' trainer. |
Coventry kid |
Wednesday 12th of November 2014 05:12:03 PM |
| From its livery - possibly a DH Devon - the military version of the 'Dove'. |
Coventry kid |
Wednesday 12th of November 2014 05:10:22 PM |
| DH 'Dove' |
Coventry kid |
Wednesday 12th of November 2014 05:07:34 PM |
| DH 'Heron' 'feeder liner' |
Coventry kid |
Wednesday 12th of November 2014 05:06:47 PM |
| Fairey 'Firefly' -? |
Coventry kid |
Wednesday 12th of November 2014 05:05:20 PM |
| Westland 'Whirlwind' - licence built Sikorsky. |
Coventry kid |
Wednesday 12th of November 2014 05:04:23 PM |
| Bristol Freighter. |
Coventry kid |
Wednesday 12th of November 2014 05:03:14 PM |
| English Electric 'Canberra' bomber. |
Coventry kid |
Wednesday 12th of November 2014 05:02:30 PM |
| DH Vampire - this looks like a 2 seat version. Yellow wing bands suggests it is a prototype. |
Coventry kid |
Wednesday 12th of November 2014 05:00:41 PM |
Yellow wing and fuselage bands were contemporary RAF trainer markings. |
Graham Yaxley |
Sunday 11th of January 2015 01:48:16 AM |
| DH 'Venom' single seat 'day' fighter / ground attack aircraft. |
Coventry kid |
Wednesday 12th of November 2014 04:59:06 PM |
| DH 'Sea Venom' 2 seat, all weather, naval fighter. |
Coventry kid |
Wednesday 12th of November 2014 04:57:45 PM |
| DH 'Venom' 2 seat all-weather fighter. |
Coventry kid |
Wednesday 12th of November 2014 04:57:02 PM |
| Hawker 'Hunter' jet fighter prototype. Arguably the most handsome jet fighter of all. |
Coventry kid |
Wednesday 12th of November 2014 04:56:04 PM |
| Another EE 'Canberra'. |
Coventry kid |
Wednesday 12th of November 2014 04:54:39 PM |
| Possibly the Short 'Seamew' designed as a lightweight carrier-borne A/S aircraft. Lost out to the Fairey 'Gannet'. |
Coventry kid |
Wednesday 12th of November 2014 04:53:24 PM |
| Shorts - experimental swept wing / 'T' tail jet. |
Coventry kid |
Wednesday 12th of November 2014 04:52:00 PM |
| 'Whispering Giant' - the Bristol 'Britannia' long range passenger aircraft. Fitted with 4 Bristol 'Proteus' engines. |
Coventry kid |
Wednesday 12th of November 2014 04:50:53 PM |
| Avro Shackleton, maritime recon / anti-sub bomber - early 'tail dragger' mark. Derived from the Lancaster. |
Coventry kid |
Wednesday 12th of November 2014 04:49:32 PM |
| Another EE 'Canberra' bomber. |
Coventry kid |
Wednesday 12th of November 2014 04:48:19 PM |
| English Electric 'Canberra' bomber. |
Coventry kid |
Wednesday 12th of November 2014 04:46:45 PM |
| General Aviation (later Blackburn) Belvedere transport for the RAF. |
Coventry kid |
Wednesday 12th of November 2014 04:45:44 PM |
I expect you mean Beverley, the Belvedere was a helicopter. |
 clippedwings |
Saturday 10th of January 2015 08:56:10 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 10:46:56 PM |