Description
Archival footage from the 1950s records aerial displays at the Royal Aircraft Establishment in Farnborough. A Hawker Hunter conducts a high-speed low pass over spectator crowds lining the airfield perimeter. Demonstrations also feature low flybys from an English Electric Canberra, a Short Seamew, and a Bristol Type 173 helicopter.
During the 1950s, the Royal Aircraft Establishment in Farnborough, England hosted flight demonstrations before large public gatherings. Spectators observed from behind airfield barriers lined with marquee tents, aerodrome workshops, and parked vintage automobiles. The footage documents several low-altitude passes across the airfield, including a Hawker Hunter jet fighter, an English Electric Canberra jet bomber of the Royal Air Force, a Short Seamew display operated by Auster Aircraft past hangars, and a Bristol Type 173 tandem rotor helicopter bearing Royal Air Force roundels.
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