Description
Archival footage from the 1950s shows flight demonstrations at the Royal Aircraft Establishment in Farnborough. A prototype Handley Page HPR3 Herald airliner performs a low flypast before a Bristol Britannia operated by BOAC lands on the runway.
During an airshow at Farnborough in the 1950s, aircraft manufacturers demonstrated passenger airliners before spectators and airfield hangars. The opening sequence at the Royal Aircraft Establishment features a prototype Handley Page HPR3 Herald airliner operated by Handley Page, filmed making a low pass over the airfield buildings. A Bristol Britannia propliner bearing the Speedbird insignia and flown by BOAC is also documented banking in flight over England. The presentation concludes as the Bristol Britannia touches down on the Farnborough runway past flightline marquee tents.
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