Farnborough Collection (#17)

Supermarine Scimitar XD26ja at Farnborough in 1959
Supermarine Scimitar, XD26ja, at Farnborough in 1959. Date: 1959

An aerial view of the Concorde Thermal Fatigue Test plant being built at the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough. Left is the smaller test frame where a programme of thermal test cycles was

The sole Bristol Brabazon G-AGPW flies past the crowd
The sole Bristol Brabazon, G-AGPW, flies past the crowd at the 1950 SBAC show at Farnborough. Date: 1950

The sole Bristol Brabazon G-AGPW on its way to Farnborough
The sole Bristol Brabazon, G-AGPW, on its way to Farnborough for the 1949 SBAC show. Date: 1949

First prototype English Electric Canberra PR3 VX181
First prototype English Electric Canberra PR3, VX181, takes-off at Farnborough in 1952 with Roland Beamont at the controls. Date: 1952

Fairey Fireflash air-to-air missile on its ground handling trolley at the 1957 SBAC show at Farnborough. Date: 1957

Notre-Dame de Paris from the Ile Saint-Louis, 1819. Artist: Amelia Long
Notre-Dame de Paris from the Ile Saint-Louis, 1819

Young men from Marlborough College in OTC camp, Farnborough
Young men from Marlborough College in an Officers Training Corps camp, Farnborough, August 1910. Albert Auerbach (1894-1918) is 3rd from left, in profile. 1910

National Childrens Home (NCH), North Camp, Aldershot / Farn
A view of the National Childrens Home branch at North Camp, Aldershot - the area is now part of Farnborough. Date: Early 1900s

Charles Farnborough
CHARLES LONG, first baron FARNBOROUGH statesman Date: 1761 - 1838

National Childrens Home, (NCH), Farnborough, Hampshire - Sc
Boys sit at desks in a classroom at the National Childrens Home branch at Farnborough, Hampshire. Date: Date unknown

Austin AFT 3 Osprey triplane, first flown in February 1918, seen here at Farnborough in mid-June 1918 following trials at Martlesham Heath in March. Date: 1918

English Electric Lightnings x 7 from 74 Squadron RAF
Seven English Electric Lightnings from 74 Squadron RAF in formation at Farnborough Air Show on 6 September 1962 Date: 1962

English Electric Lightnings x 11 from 74 Squadron RAF
Eleven English Electric Lightnings from 74 Squadron RAF after a display at Farnborough Air Show in September 1961 Date: 1961

BAC One Eleven 670 G-ASYD British Aerospace Farnborough 1978
BAC One Eleven 670 G-ASYD retained by British Aerospace for testing. Seen at Farnborough in September 1978 Date: 1978

Hunting Percival Jet Provosts T. 4 XP551 The Red Pelicans
Hunting Percival Jet Provosts T.4 (XP551) of The Red Pelicans from CFS taking off in formation at Farnborough in September 1962 Date: 1962

Aerospatiale-BAC Concorde G-AXDN Farnborough 1974
Aerospatiale - BAC Concorde G-AXDN taking off at Farnborough Air Show in September 1974 Date: 1974

British Aerospace EAP ZF534 tail Farnborough 1986
British Aerospace EAP ZF534 single prototype, test and development aircraft for the future Eurofighter Typhoon programme showing the tail at Farnborough Air Show in September 1986 Date: 1986

British Aerospace EAP ZF534 cockpit Farnborough 1986
British Aerospace EAP ZF534 single prototype, test and development aircraft for the future Eurofighter Typhoon programme, showing the cockpit at Farnborough Air Show in September 1986 Date: 1986

British Aerospace EAP ZF534 Farnborough 1986
British Aerospace EAP ZF534 single prototype, test and development aircraft for the future Eurofighter Typhoon programme at Farnborough Air Show in September 1986 Date: 1986

Avro 748 G-ARMV Skyways of London Farnborough 1961
Avro 748 G-ARMV of Skyways of London taxying at Farnborough Air Show in September 1961 Date: 1961

English Electric Lightning F. 3 XP697 74 Squadron RAF
English Electric Lightning F.3 XP697 of 74 Squadron RAF displaying at Farnborough Air Show on 8 September 1964 Date: 1964

Folland Gnats RAF Red Arrows Farnborough 1978
RAFAT RAF aerobatic display team. the Red Arrows, in tight formation at Farnborough Air Show in September 1978 Date: 1978

English Electric Lightning F. 1 XM140 74 Squadron RAF
English Electric Lightning F.1 XM140 of 74 Squadron RAF takes off at Farnborough Air Show on 6 September 1962 Date: 1962

English Electric Lightnings x 6 from 92 Squadron RAF at Farnborough Air Show on 8 September 1964 Date: 1964

Miniature Railway Signal Box Interior, Farnborough, England
Miniature Railway Signal Box Interior, Farnborough, Hampshire, England. Date: 1936-9

Gymnasium & Swimming Baths, North Camp, Hampshire
Gymnasium & Swimming Baths, North Camp, Aldershot, near Farnborough, Hampshire, England. Date: 1910s

The Street, Crookham, Hampshire
The Street, Crookham, Fleet, near Farnborough, Hampshire, England. Date: 1900s

Kingsride, Camberley, Surrey
Kingsride, Camberley, near Farnborough, Surrey, England. Date: 1908

World War One Army Directing Staff, Thought to be at Camberley, near Farnborough, Surrey, England. Thought to be at Camberley. Date: 1919

WW1 The Army Aerial Works, Farnborough, Hampshire
World War 1 The Army Aerial Works, Farnborough, Hampshire, England. Date: 1911

Avro Vulcan XA903 Farnborough
First public appearance of the then unnamed stand-off bomb. Eventually called Blue Steel it became the standard British air carried nuclear weapon

Thomas Erskine May
Sir Thomas Erskine May, 1st Baron Farnborough (1815 1886), British constitutional theorist. Caption: Parliamentary Practic. Date: 1871

NCH Childrens Home at Farnborough, Hampshire
Boys in the playground of the National Childrens Home at Farnborough. Date: Date unknown

Children making mail bags for sending parcels to the front
Farnborough children making mail-bags for sending Christmas presents to the men in the trenches during the First World War. Date: 1915

Farnborough Childrens Home, Hampshire
The Childrens Home on Alexandra Road, Farnborough Date: Date unknown

Royal Aircraft Factory FE2d, A2, at Farnborough in May 1916

The first prototype Supermarine Seagull ASR1, PA143, at ?
The first prototype Supermarine Seagull ASR1, PA143, at the Farnborough Air Show in September 1948

In 1966, for the first time, the Royal Aeronautical Soci?
In 1966, for the first time, the Royal Aeronautical Society had a stand at the SBAC Air Show at Farnborough. Near one of the entrances to the exhibition

Headquarters staff of the AID Military Aeronautics Direc?
Headquarters staff of the AID Military Aeronautics Directorate outside the Officers? Mess at the Royal Aircraft Factory, Farnborough, in 1915. Seated in the front row, left to right: Prof H.P

Farnborough National Childrens Home (NCH) Band
Farnborough National Childrens Home (NCH). Members of the homes band pose with their instruments

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The Review before the Queen at Aldershot: her Majesty Driving from Farnborough Station to the Review

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The Farnborough Cup, Run for at the Aldershott Camp Races on Monday

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The Royal Arrival at the Farnborough Railway Station

Studies for the Portraits of Lord Eglinton, Lord Douglas and Lord Stradbroke in `The Waterloo Cup Coursing Meeting (in the Walker Art Gallery), 1840 Studies for the Portraits of Lord Eglinton

The Field Moving Off
circa 1910: Warwickshire Hunt at Farnborough. Topical Special 431. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Test pilots and staff RFC Farnborough

de Havilland Sea Vixen FAW1 arrives at the 1960 farnborough Air Show

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