Highlights of Farnborough Air Show - 1952 | Shell Historical Film Archive

Supersonic fighters and the gas-turbine airliner, which, it is hoped will give Britain a world lead, dominate the 1952 display of the Society of British Aircraft Constructors. Over 300,000 people come to Farnborough to see and hear.
In a Hawker Hunter, Neville Duke flies through the sound barrier at 700 mph. The Vickers Supermarine Swift and the Vickers Supermarine 508 are on show - the latter has a ‘butterfly’ tail, helping to give the wide speed range needed for naval, work. The Avro 707B, low-speed version of the 707A, is now seen to have been planned with a view to development of the world’s first Delta-wing bomber - the Avro 698.
In airliners, besides the Comet and the Viscount, the Bristol Britannia is on show, designed to carry up to 114 passengers, at a cruising speed of 400 mph, for a lower cost per ton-mile than any competitive aircraft. The Bristol 173 is the first British twin-rotor helicopter; able to fly on one engine only, it can vary 13 passengers at speeds of up to 158 mph.
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[@nicknicholson2452]

I was there in 1954. My dad who was a US Navy officer w was a guest. It was just as impressive and still is one of the best airshow I’ve ever attended.

[@inglepropnoosegarm7801]

Must have been truly mind-blowing seeing (and hearing!) these futuristic aircraft in 1952.

[@davedee923]

The plural of aircraft is .... aircraft! (OED)

[@donerskine7935]

Some beautiful aircraft. Plus the Gannet.

[@davidgapp1457]

Easy to forget the British once led the way in aviation.

[@pippin1ful]

I went to the 1953 airshow on the train, on my own, aged 13.

[@roberttatlow5535]

The Vulcan VX770 crashed at Syerston in 1958. It was suggested in the crash report it was due to the pilot going to quick. It seems to have been subject to lots of high G manoeuvres before that

[@sutapabanerjee2294]

😊😊😊😢i was just 3 years or so at this time,and as the child of an administrative n accounting staff in IAC,posted in Kathmandu,i was seeing n travelling into DC3's .But the thrill was always there,😊despite the persistent earache and the giddiness 😅for days afterwards.Later as India advanced we were introduced to yhe Heron,Viscount ,tha Avro 748,the Boeing 707,the Caravelle,theVC10 et al but no airshow in CALCUTTA!!😊

[@markiliff]

0:46 Just 7 years after a war fought with Hurricanes & Spitfires, this Hawker Hunter must have been *mindblowing* 5:11 Ditto for bombers: Lancaster v Valiant

[@ianpunter4486]

It's an extraordinary range of aircraft just 7 years after war's end! I think my first Farnborough would have been in about 1954. Neville Duke in the Hunter was always a favourite. Nothing dated about this film, (except the jazz sound track, which to my ears has not worn well!)

[@pippin1ful]

I bought my first Kiwi Fruit there from a bloke selling from the back of his car. In those days they were called Chinese Gooseberries, and they cost 2/6d each. Neville Duke's Hunter was painted in a pale green, but not in bright hi-viz, like today.

[@mattaikay925]

Thanks to some brilliant minds all of this was lost - sad sad sad very very sad

[@mattaikay925]

videos like this bring me back to same gloomy state - even as late as 1982 there was so much of super high tech around - so many companies all tanked - Racal, Plessey, GEC, Sinclair, ICL... all gone..vanished- hope ARM will restore some of the fame... guess we need a proper govt to start with....

[@davidgapp1457]

@@mattaikay925 ARM is owned by foreign countries, namely the Japanese company, Softbank. British In Name Only.

[@michaelshore2300]

Like Labours Minister for Technology

[@benitalong8785]

Oh WoW

[@Gracievision]

No mention of the disaster that resulted in the deaths of thirty-one people including the aircrew. The fifties were another world. Danger and death seemed to be an accepted thing with the show continuing once the runway was clear. Quite reminiscent of the disaster at Le Mans three years later.

[@ClausB252]

It was indeed mentioned at 9:50.

[@mrbharathkiran.1508]

Hello there

[@Win100n]

Those were the days when the air we breathed was polluted with DDT from the ground.

[@davidreid8075]

Investing money in interesting technology instead of boredom.

[@nicholasbell9017]

The plural of aircraft is aircraft, not "aircrafts".

[@danaschoen432]

You beat me to it!

[@danaschoen432]

The plural form of "Aircraft" is "Aircraft"

[@neilward9932]

Beat me to it, one of my pet hates !

[@michaelshore2300]

What are Aircrafts ????????

[@davidreid8075]

What a shame The Swift proved to be a failure

[@a-fl-man640]

aircraft is the plural of aircraft, not "aircrafts"

[@nicolasbecerramondaca6004]

6

[@johnhudghton3535]

Aircraft no s needed

[@pikachu6031]

The word is: “AIRCRAFT” Not Aircrafts!!…..It is both singular and plural….Please change the Title of your video……

[@andypandy9013]

The plural of "Aircraft" is "Aircraft" and NOT "AircraftS"!!!!! 😠

[@davidpearn5925]

Why the added s ???. Are we going to add an s to sheep also.....sheeps ???.