EAW026308 ENGLAND (1949). Farnborough, Various aircraft parked in front of the Royal Aircraft Establishment on the first day of the Farnborough Air Show, from the north-east, 1949

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Title [EAW026308] Farnborough, Various aircraft parked in front of the Royal Aircraft Establishment on the first day of the Farnborough Air Show, from the north-east, 1949
Reference EAW026308
Date 6-September-1949
Link
Place name FARNBOROUGH
Parish
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 486583, 154460
Longitude / Latitude -0.75840389827125, 51.282183735302
National Grid Reference SU866545

Pins

Supermartine Seagull

ken
Friday 5th of February 2021 08:22:07 PM
Percival Prentice

ken
Friday 5th of February 2021 08:18:31 PM
DeHaviland Dove

brian
Friday 10th of November 2017 09:56:59 PM
Gloster Meteor

brian
Friday 10th of November 2017 09:54:04 PM

brian
Friday 10th of November 2017 09:52:32 PM
A pair of Bedford OYD 3Ton GS trucks

Billy Turner
Saturday 24th of December 2016 06:46:39 PM
These are a pair of Bedford OX articulated buses, build during WW2 for the Ministry of Supply to use at MoS & MAP establishment to move large numbers of workers. Now to work out how to post a picture ??

regards TED

ted angus
Monday 26th of December 2016 10:34:27 AM
A pair of Ford WOT1 Crew Buses

Billy Turner
Saturday 24th of December 2016 06:16:17 PM
A pair of Commer Commando Crew Buses.

Billy Turner
Saturday 24th of December 2016 06:12:08 PM
Wonder if this is a Spitfire

Kevin
Saturday 13th of August 2016 02:54:09 AM
This looks like a Lancaster.

Kevin
Saturday 13th of August 2016 02:53:16 AM
Looks like a Buffalo amphibian

Kevin
Saturday 13th of August 2016 02:48:49 AM
De Havilland Mosquito

ken
Friday 12th of June 2015 07:36:13 PM

ken
Friday 12th of June 2015 07:34:40 PM
Possibly a B25 Mitchell

ken
Friday 12th of June 2015 07:32:48 PM
Short Sturgeon

ken
Friday 12th of June 2015 07:29:12 PM
De Havilland Hornet

ken
Friday 12th of June 2015 07:28:18 PM

ken
Friday 12th of June 2015 07:27:27 PM
Blackburn Firebrand

Graham Yaxley
Tuesday 13th of January 2015 12:07:28 AM
Gloster Meteors

Graham Yaxley
Tuesday 13th of January 2015 12:06:12 AM
Gloster Meteor

Graham Yaxley
Tuesday 13th of January 2015 12:04:53 AM
Avro Shackleton MR1

clippedwings
Tuesday 17th of December 2013 10:31:48 PM
Westland Wyvern, Naval Strike aircraft.

clippedwings
Tuesday 17th of December 2013 10:25:03 PM

clippedwings
Tuesday 17th of December 2013 10:17:31 PM
Cierva Air Horse, RR Merlin powered and perhaps the oddest thing ever to fly in an age when weird and wonderful was the norm. It later suffered a fatal crash.

clippedwings
Tuesday 17th of December 2013 10:05:49 PM
I think that this is the Supermarine Type 510.

clippedwings
Tuesday 17th of December 2013 09:22:17 PM
Vickers Varsity,known as the Pig for its shape and ungainly waddle when taxying.

clippedwings
Tuesday 17th of December 2013 08:52:26 PM
Bristol Freighter (or Shaker).I travelled from Boscombe Down to El Adem,Libya in one. Three days, two night stops. That was in 1961, my ears are still ringing.

clippedwings
Tuesday 17th of December 2013 08:21:18 PM
Handley Page Marathon,originally designed by Miles Aircraft Ltd.

clippedwings
Tuesday 17th of December 2013 08:10:49 PM
Airspeed Ambassador

clippedwings
Tuesday 17th of December 2013 07:52:30 PM
Armstrong Whitworth A.W.55 Apollo 1st flight 10th April 1949

clippedwings
Tuesday 17th of December 2013 07:48:47 PM
An Avro Lancaster four-engine bomber. Rolls Royce Merlin engines

MB
Tuesday 17th of December 2013 06:19:08 PM
It looks more likely an Avro Lincoln as the nose extended further beyond the cockpit and there are no gun turrets.

flubber
Tuesday 24th of December 2013 08:14:26 PM
This is probably a Lincoln

ken
Friday 12th of June 2015 07:31:17 PM
Probably an English Electric Canberra

MB
Tuesday 17th of December 2013 06:17:42 PM
That's a Canberra alright.

John Wass
Monday 11th of August 2014 03:29:55 PM
Vickers Viscount possibly

MB
Tuesday 17th of December 2013 06:16:15 PM
A Bristol Freighter or similar transport aircraft

MB
Tuesday 17th of December 2013 06:15:18 PM
de Havilland Comet 1 - Britain's first jet airliner. Smaller than the later Comet 4

MB
Tuesday 17th of December 2013 06:14:39 PM
Gloster Meteor - Britain's first jet fighter, introduced to squadron service on 27 July 1944

MB
Tuesday 17th of December 2013 06:13:27 PM

User Comment Contributions

MoS Bedford Artic Buses.

ted angus
Monday 26th of December 2016 06:55:47 PM
Well spotted Ted, I can now just make out the 'tapered' edges of the trailer.



Many thanks...site won't allow me to correct my error unfortunately.

Billy Turner
Monday 26th of December 2016 06:55:47 PM
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 06:47:05 PM
Row 6 Westland Sikorsky S51? Cierva Skeeter? Cierva Air Horse

Row 7 Miles HP Marathon Meteor DH Sea Hornet DH Vampire Avro Athena?

Row8 Avro Anson Hawker TempestTrainer Sea Fury Chrislea Super Ace Auster?

Row9 Vickers Valletta Short Sturgeon Percival Prince (pair) Percival Prentice

Row10 Bristol 170 Freighter Dragonfly (S51), Cierva Skeeter?

last Percival Proctor?

longshot
Saturday 21st of December 2013 09:14:54 PM
Row 1 EE Canberra...AW Apollo

Row 2 DH Chipmunk, Dove, Vampire, Vampire? Venom? Comet

Row3 Airspeed Ambassador Vickers Varsity, Supermarine Seagull Amphibian, Supermarine 510,Vickers Viscount

Row4 Avro Shackleton, Avro Athena?, BoultonPaul Balliol? Miles/HP Marathon Hp Hermes (pair)

Row 5 Avro Lancaster, Short Sealand,Westland Wyvern, Hawker P1052, Hawker Sea Hawk , Gloster Meteor F.8 Gloster Meteor F.4? (pair)

Row5 Bristo; 170 Freighter, Fairey Firefly Percival Prince Percival Prentice ,Austers (pair)

longshot
Saturday 21st of December 2013 09:00:09 PM
Seems a better idea to spread the pins more thinly over the several different views of this Farnborough show so they can be read?

longshot
Saturday 21st of December 2013 03:44:10 PM