Farnborough 1949
This was the second of the Farnborough shows, and the last to be held on the North side of the airfield.This was a vintage Franborough year.With some of the aircraft that were to shape the post war industry making their debuts. .The biggest being the de Havilland Comet, the worlds first jet airliner.Also the Vickers Viscount, the worlds first turbo prop airliner.On the military side were the English Electric Canberra,Avro Shackleton and the Navys first jet, the Supermarine Attacker. Also making stately progress across the field was the ultimate white elephant the Bristol Brabzon making a flyby from Filton. Aircraft Exhibits G-AGPW Bristol Brabzon 12759 flying only G-AGTC Percival Proctor 5 Ae3 G-AHIU Short Solent 3 S1307 flying only G-AHKX Avro 19 Anson 1333 G-AHRF Vickers Viscount 630 1 prototype G-AHXU Handley Page Reading Marathon 2 6544 G-AIME Bristol Freighter 21 12795 G-AIYN Armstrong Whitworth Apollo AW3137 prototype G-AJCJ Cierva Sketter 1 W.14/1 prototype G-AJIZ Auster Autocrat J/1 2343 G-AJYF Auster Avis 2 2907 G-AJYK Auster Autocar J/5B 2908 G-AKRD Airspeed Ambassador 62 prototype G-AKSV de Havilland Dove 1 04161 G-AKVB Chrislea Super Ace 2 110 G-AKVS Chrislea Sper Ace 4 126 G-ALDA Handley Page Hermes 4 HP.81/2 G-ALEG Westland-Sikorskt S51 WA/H/2 G-ALEU Handley Page Hermes 5 HP.82/1 G-ALFZ Percival Orince 1 P50/02 G-ALIK Westland-Sikorsky S51 WA/H/3 G-ALJA Percival Prince 1 P50/3 G-ALRY Percival Survey Prince P50/8 G-ALUB Handley Page Reading Marathon 1 101 G-ALUF Cierva Skeeter 2 W.14/2 G-ALVG de Hivilland Comet 1 06001 prototype G-5-2 de Havilland DH113 13001 G-18-2 Bristol Freighter 31 12732 PA147 Supermarine Seagull ASR1 RAF RA435 Gloster Meteor F4 RAF RA491 Gloster Meteor F4 RAF TS409 Supermarine Attacker Royal Navy TS477 Short Sturgoen TT2 SH1578 RAF TW911 Avro Lancaster B1 RAF engine testbed VF665 Auster T7 RAF VM129 Avro Athena 1 RAF VN799 English Electric Canberra 1 RAF prototype VP113 Westland Wyven TF2 Royal Navy VP413 Hawker N.7/46 Royal Navy Sea Hawk prototype VR211 Percival Prentice T1 PAC/035 RAF VR591 Boulton Paul Balliol 2 RAF VS639 Percival prentice T1 PAC/273 RAF VV106 Supermarine 510 RAF VV217 de Havilland Vampire FB5 RAF VV454 de Havilland Vampire FB5 RAF VV612 de Havilland Venom 1 RAF VW131 Avro Shackleton 1 RAF VW482 Gloster Meteor T7 RAF VW829 Avro Athena 2 RAF VX279 Hawker P1052 RAF VX287 Hawker Sea Fury T20 Royal Navy VX571 Vickers Valetta C2 423 RAF VX642 Hawker Sea Fury FB11 Royal Navy VX828 Vickers Vasity T1 501 RAF prototype VX784 Avro 707 RAF VZ438 Gloster Meteor F8 RAF VZ658 de Havilland Sea Hornet PR22 RAF VZ724 Cierva Air Horse W.11/1 RAF prototype WB310 Fairey Firefly AS5 F8528 Royal Navy WB549 de Havilland Chipmunk T10 C1/0001 RAF british prototype WB550 de Havilland Chipmunk T10 C1/0002 RAF VP-TBA Short Sealand 1 SH1565