Old Photos – 3

The rest of the Farnborough photos are:

11 1958 XG447 Bristol 192
12 58 G-AKTW Air Ambulance Widgeon
13 58 G-APLE Westminster
14 58 XL880 Whirlwind HAS7
15 58 Lee has identified these earlier.
16 1957 Part of 12 Gannet Flypast.
17 57 27 huinter F5 flypast.
18 1958 22 Hunter F6 loop.
19 Part of Javelin flypast: 27 a/c in 1957; 45 in 1958!
20 58 G-AOVI Britannia 312.
21 58 G-APDA Comet 4.
22 Probably company demonstrator, Scimitar F1, XD218 in 1957 as no squadron markings are visible.
23 57 XA918 Victor B1.
24 58 XA930 or 936 Victor B1
25 57 XA918 again with Accountant and Gannet behind to clinch it as 1957.
26/27 57 VX770 Vulcan prototype. It was also present in 1958 but offstage with a missing rudder.
28 58 XD862 Valiant B1 90 Sqn. XA911 Vulcan B1 83 Sqn. XA936 Victor B1 10 Sqn.

Many thanks for letting us share these photos; they really conjure up the memories!
Jim

I’ve just found this thread. Looking at the first ten pictures they are:
1 Farnborough 1957 Hunter F6 XK149
2 Farnborough 1957 Britannia 4X-AGB
3 Farnborough 1957 Beverley XB262
4 Farnborough 1957 Gnat F1 GN101 Finnish Air Force
5 Farnborough 1958 Short SC1 XG900
6 Farnborough 1958 Short SC1 XG900
7 Farnborough 1958 Fairey Ultra-Light G-APJJ with Heron G-APEV behind at right.
8 Farnborough 1957 Javelin F(AW)7 note pen-nib tail. XH710
9 Farnborough 1958 Javelin F(AW)8 with Firestreaks XH966
10/11/12 Farnborough 1958 Fairey Rotodyne XE521 (and noisy it was – magnificent!) – also in 10: Gannet AEW3 XJ440 and Comet 3B G-ANLO nose.
Will look at the rest later,
Jim

Many thanks for taking the trouble and sharing, stirred many memories of those early SBAC shows, mostly good, but my first airshow ever was 1952, with one obvious bad memory.

Comparing those pics showing more aircraft in one formation than we would see in total with many of today’s shows, airshows have certainly changed over the years.

Hi Adrian,

Yes, it does look like XG447. I saw the red trim and immediately thought of the 173.

Alex

Excellent photos. Any more of the Bristol 173 (Belvedere)

Looks like Bristol 192 prototype, XG447 to me, Alex.

This is Farnborough 1958 (between 30 August and 5 September): Westminster G-APLE (‘Slim’ Sear), Wessex HAS.1 XL727 (Roy Bradley), Whirlwind HAS.7 XL880 (Derek Colvin) and Widgeon G-AKTW (John Fay).

Lee

Excellent photos. Any more of the Bristol 173 (Belvedere)

The Air Race photos could be one of the practice runs as the winning time was 40 mins 44 seconds. The board show 41 min 14 seconds

Interestingly the 74sqn Hunter is the one hanging up at Cosford

[QUOTE=SimonR;2269605]In terms of a definitive date – if the pics of the Vulcan prototype VX770 are from the same set as the first post, and the Rotordyne means they can’t be pre 1958 then the photos must date from summer 1958 because VX770 crashed on September 20th 1958.

I absolutely love this pic:

Which is exactly what it was doing when it broke up at Syerston!

John

The Vautour certainly looks to be at Biggin Hill.

Amazing pictures!

In terms of a definitive date – if the pics of the Vulcan prototype VX770 are from the same set as the first post, and the Rotordyne means they can’t be pre 1958 then the photos must date from summer 1958 because VX770 crashed on September 20th 1958.

I absolutely love this pic:

57/58 were my 2 favourite years at Farnborough, the 22 Hunters were spectacular, the Vulcan climbing vertically and rolling off the top and the P1B warming a young boy’s heart, btw it was the Accountant, what an ugly Aircraft!!!!

I think that the mass formation of Hunters is that of ‘Treble One’ coming out of the 22-aircraft loop at the 1958 Farnborough Show; the Chivenor Hunter F Mk.4 is XF976 (RS):15 (July 1957 – June 1961); and the nine-ship is ‘Treble One’ again, possibly at Chivenor’s ROC Day on 5 October 1959. I don’t know how that fits in with the time-scale but is just my best-guess?

I thought the RAF entry in the 59 race used Biggin….and see http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/air-force-obituaries/6932787/Air-Vice-Marshal-Charles-Maughan.html That’s the Biggin valley behind the guy jumping out of the Sycamore, surely.

Might be a mix of locations, especially with the Vautours

Absolutely stunning photos – many thanks for taking the time to share them with us.

Hear, hear……………..!!!!

Absolutely stunning photos – many thanks for taking the time to share them with us.

What absolutely gorgeous pictures – many thanks for posting them – who took the air to air Hunter pics ?

The French aircraft are Vautours.

Fabulous!! The London-Paris air race 1959, all taken at Wisley.