SBAC September 1957

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Dad took me to my first Farnborough in 1957. I managed to scribble this lot, but probably missed as many again...

AS+554 Percival Pembroke West German Air Force
G-3-54 Miles Student
GAHDM Miles Aerovan
GAMTZ SARO Skeeter
GAMWI Bristol Sycamore
GANCA Bristol Britannia
GANLO DH106 Comet 3B
GAOCZ Westland Whirlwind
GAODF Handley Page Dart Herald
GAOEP Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer
GAOUJ Fairey Ultra-light Helicopter
GAOUK Fairey Ultra-light Helicopter
GATEL ATL90 Accountant
GN101 Folland Gnat Finnish Air Force
L160 DH Vampire Lebanese Air Force
VN813 Canberra (Spectre powered)
VX770 Avro Vulcan (Conway test-bed)
VX777 Avro Vulcan
WF909 Canberra
WG760 English Electric P1A
WG774 Fairey Delta FD2
WH713 Canberra (Olympus test-bed)
WK163 Canberra (Scorpion test-bed)
WM934 AW Seahawk
WM975 AW Seahawk
WM999 AW Seahawk
WN105 AW Seahawk
WR977 Avro Shackleton
WT841 Gloster Javelin
WV835 AW Seahawk
XA387 Fairey Gannet
XA565 Gloster Javelin
XA569 Gloster Javelin
XA619 Gloster Javelin
XA622 Gloster Javelin
XA624 Gloster Javelin
XA640 Gloster Javelin
XA659 Gloster Javelin
XA666 Gloster Javelin
XA690 Gloster Javelin
XA691 Gloster Javelin
XA692 Gloster Javelin
XA719 Gloster Javelin
XA722 Gloster Javelin
XA730 Gloster Javelin
XA731 Gloster Javelin
XA736 Gloster Javelin
XA737 Gloster Javelin
XA754 Gloster Javelin
XA756 Gloster Javelin
XA757 Gloster Javelin
XA761 Gloster Javelin
XA762 Gloster Javelin
XA767 Gloster Javelin
XA776 Gloster Javelin
XA777 Gloster Javelin
XA801 Gloster Javelin
XA819 Gloster Javelin
XA847 English Electric P1B
XA889 Avro Vulcan
XA904 Avro Vulcan
XA906 Avro Vulcan
XA918 HP Victor
XB262 Blackburn Beverley
XD218 VS Scimitar
XD415 SARO SR-53
XD822 Vickers Valiant
XD868 Vickers Valiant
XD875 Vickers Valiant B1
XE388 AW Seahawk
XE587 Hawker Hunter
XF378 Hawker Hunter
XF607 Percival Provost T1
XF609 Percival Provost T1
XF785 Bristol 173
XF833 Hawker Hunter
XF837 Percival Provost T1
XF895 Percival Provost T1
XG787 Fairey Gannet AS4
XG889 Fairey Gannet 5
XH234 Canberra
XH682 Bristol Sycamore
XH710 Gloster Javelin F(AW)7
XH714 Gloster Javelin
XJ475 DH Sea Vixen
XJ627 Hawker Hunter
XK147 Hawker Hunter
XK148 Hawker Hunter
XK733 SARO Skeeter (Rocket assisted!)
XK740 Folland Gnat
XK941 Westland Whirlwind Mk 7
XL666 Scottish Aviation Pioneer CC1
XL723 Westland Wessex
XL930 Percival Pembroke
XL966 Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer

[Admin (Annette Andria)]

hi

The comet 3B there interestingly spent a lot of time at RAE Farnborough
G-ANLO C\N 6100 Was i beleve a prototype for both the Comet 4 and
Comet 4B. later registered XP915 Later at RAE 1961 Later used as nimrod
test rig .

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Would anyone here possibly have any information about the above-mentioned Spectre-powered Canberra VN813? I am a repainter for Microsoft FS 2004 and am trying to determine the exact colour of VN813 as she appeared here. We know she was 'blue overall', but not what shade of blue. From the various photos I've seen (all b/w) it appears lighter than roundel blue, but darker than the 'Petter Blue' of the original VN799 prototype. If anyone can help here it would be greatly appreciated.

While the FS community does not have a dedicated Nene-engine nacelle model of the A.1/B.1 prototype, we do have a nice standard square-fin A.1, and you can see my work in progress here (including when I thought she was black overall!):

www.cbfsim.org/cbfsim/cbfsBB/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=11426

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My first Farnborough show was the 1970 one. I hadn't taken up spotting then but did I have my I-spy book of aircraft with me and there was a Cessna skymaster (the push me-pull you twin boomed machine) circling the airfield (aerial photography detail?) Anyone who had one of these books will know that you had a question to answer when you saw the aircraft in question. The Cessna Skymaster was in the book but the question / task was to get the registration. Not having taken up spotting, of course I didn't have a pair of binoculars (they were to come two years later when I did start spotting) Thankfully the Cessna did a low pass and I was able to answer the question. It was G-ATAH.

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not that i was around those `Glory Days` you missed a few

looking at the prices to gain entry

20s {£1} adult Friday & 5s {25p} other days
a car also 20s with the weekend for a car thirty bob {£1.50}
U16`s Half price
motor cycles 5s weekend & 2s 6d {12.5p}
bicycle 2s 6d weekend 1s {5p}

& get 100,000 + people

{ your always safer in the past }

form the book 40 years at farnborough SBAC int avn showcase by john blake & mike hooks