Farnborough Air Display 1961

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Description

Full title reads: "Farnborough Air Display - Technicolor"

Farnborough, Hampshire.

Various great colour shots of the famous Farnborough Air Display. Planes shown include: - RAF (Royal Air Force) Provosts, Lightnings, Beagle M206, the Auster Beagle, the Airdale, Handley Page Dart Herald,...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
53875
Sort Number:
61/073
Time in/Out:
01:14:40:00 / 01:21:13:00
Canister:
61/73
Film ID:
1736.10
Issue Date:
11/09/1961

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  • "Beagle M206" should read Beagle B206X.

    "Auster Beagle" should read Auster AOP11.

    "the Airdale" should read Beagle Airedale.

    "Handley Page 115" should read Handley Page HP.115.

    "Skeeter helicopters" should read Saunders-Roe Skeeter helicopters.

    "Scimitars" should read Supermarine Scimitars.

    "SC1" should read Short SC.1.

    The parachutists seen jump from a Blackburn Beverley aircraft.

    jamied 21st Feb 2012
  • Very Nice.

    squareiz 2nd Oct 2012

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