EAW052989 ENGLAND (1953). Farnborough, Handley Page Victor Prototype WB771 on display at the Farnborough Air Show, 1953

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Title	[EAW052989] Farnborough, Handley Page Victor Prototype WB771 on display at the Farnborough Air Show, 1953
Reference	EAW052989
Date	5-September-1953
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Place name	FARNBOROUGH
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District
Country	ENGLAND
Easting / Northing	486506, 154388
Longitude / Latitude	-0.75952523603583, 51.281548104123
National Grid Reference	SU865544

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These appear to be the 3 Avro 707 'miniature' Vulcans. They were built to explore wing shapes and intake variations prior to the prototype Vulcan being flown. They did a display with the Vulcan prototype at Farnborough and were painted (one of each) red, white and blue. Report as Inappropriate	Coventry kid	Wednesday 12th of November 2014 04:44:08 PM
I was at Farnborough in 1953 as a 14 year old school boy. Roly Falk brought the Vulcan down fairly low along the runway and did a barrel roll, for which he got a ticking off as Bombers just didn't do things like that! Report as Inappropriate	brian	Wednesday 25th of February 2015 02:26:20 AM
The 'crescent' wing shape was derived from captured WW2 German technology. Report as Inappropriate	Coventry kid	Wednesday 12th of November 2014 04:41:50 PM
The Victor was painted in a dramatic light blue / black (or maybe very dark blue) livery, with a red cheat line half way down the side of the fuselage, at this time. Report as Inappropriate	Coventry kid	Wednesday 12th of November 2014 04:40:27 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 10:45:58 PM