Farnborough '50-'59 Discovered slides

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Hi Everyone.
Myself and my sisters have recently been going through my late grandfathers slide collection. Much to my delight i discovered a small collection of pictures labelled "Farnborough 1950 -59".
My grandfather used to work for DeHavilland at Hatfield in the engine department as foreman, and later with rolls royce at Leavesden. Here is a small selection of some of the pics i've found, i'll post some more if anyones interested

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Chris

[DamienB]

Hell yeah post some more!!

[wezgulf3]

Nice collection! i would love to see more!

Wes.

[Ultraburner]

Priceless. Would love to see more...

[Lomcevak26]

Brilliant! 'Proper Golden Oldies', to quote the purists!

Great collection of shots.

[eng3]

Hi, what a excellent find these are superb and greatly appreciate seeing them

[MrAngry2]

Absolutely wonderful find, Pic number 3 sums up our once great Aircraft industry to a tee.

[Lomcevak26]

Pic number 3 sums up our once great Aircraft industry to a tee.

It does, and its also the first Farnborough pic I've seen with aircraft parked in that way: lined up on the edge of the runway. Going on the shadows it's an early morning shot, so presume the jets are lined up there ready to be towed off before the start of the flying? And the helis are arriving, rather than displaying?

[PaulB]

Simply breathtaking. Both in subject and quality of slides.
I think we all want to see more.....actually, scan the lot!

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I thought you might like em! My jaw hit the floor when i found them

Scanning and processing as we speak. I'll post some more up later this afternoon

[lightningdes]

Golden photos from a golden era,thankyou very much for sharing

[XR219]

Absolutely awesome!! More, more!!

[chrisward123]

Fantastic Shots, only if that line up could be repeated!!!

[Wes_Howes]

Thanks for posting these, I love the third shot with the Belvedere in formation with a Wessex and Whirlwind!
Edit - I've just seen the Lincoln behind the Comet too! Is that the turbojet Testbed?

[IanH]

Superb. Wonderful memories here.

Regards, Ian

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As promised
More to follow
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[Westy]

Simply put.......WOW!

[Wes_Howes]

Is that a Lincoln, or PA474 in shot number 5? I seem to recall reading about a vertical fin being mounted on the upper fuselage at one point?

Just going off the engines, I'd say it was a Lincoln

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Final 8 for now....
Black arrows and some people shots. My grandfather is the second from the left in pic 28 If anyone can put names t any others pictured it may help to see why my grandfather photographed them......

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Thanks for looking....
Chris

[Manonthefence]

Bloody Hell!

Magnificent, thanks very much for posting them.

[Brummiekid]

What a fantastic collection of images from the days when factories up and down the land were churning out aircraft.

Not a hi-vis vest in sight!

[Northdownaeros]

The Lincoln is G-APRJ, which some may remember was at the Southend Historic Aircraft Museum.

Carefree days indeed, lack of crowdlines and Hi Viz. But then, how many people go to airshows in suits these days?

Maybe it's because people were allowed to exercise their common sense?

[st24]

Oh sweet lordy fantastic selection and nicely shot too. More more more....

Pic number 3 sums up our once great Aircraft industry to a tee.

It does, and its also the first Farnborough pic I've seen with aircraft parked in that way: lined up on the edge of the runway. Going on the shadows it's an early morning shot, so presume the jets are lined up there ready to be towed off before the start of the flying? And the helis are arriving, rather than displaying?

I would say Paul that most of those are far side - on the secondary runway. I note what you say re sun position but I'd wager that pic 3 has been scanned the wrong way round - look at the "Bucanneer"writing - its sloping the wrong way.. Also most of the a/c are seen taxying out to display with the crowd and exhibition tents etc in the correct position.

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ooops....didn't spot that.... all fixed

[MikeH]

A wonderfully colourful selection of a bygone age of British aviation. Photographers at the time were usually limited by cost to black and white and to see these looking so fresh is a real treat. Looks like Quintin Hogg (later Lord Hailsham,) who was the First Lord of the Admiralty, squinting (see what I did there?) at the camera in shot #27.
I also remember seeing that Lincoln at Southend - at the time of the photo I believe it was operated by Napiers as an engine test bed and icing rig.
Many thanks for posting them.