MASTERS OF BALLIOL

In tricky conditions, the Boulton Paul Balliol pilots of No 7 Flying Training School put up an immaculate performance in the RAF’s Coronation Review flypast — as witnessed first-hand during rehearsals by The Aeroplane’s reporter The No 7 FTS Balliol T1s pass over Odiham during the flypast rehearsal on 10 July 1953. The training aircraft arranged in the semi-circle at bottom right include six more examples from the Cottesmore-based unit. AEROPLANE Ben Dunnell explores The Aeroplane’s outstanding archives to cast