Farnborough 49
Farnborough 49
The text on the reverse of this scanned print reads ..................
Secret Jet Airliner makes first flight.
Britain's hush-hush jet airliner, the De Haviland Comet, made its first flight today at Hatfield,
Herts. Group Captain John Cunningham, wartime night fighter ace, and now chief test pilot, made
two 500 yards hops at 100 miles an hour.
This four engined jet airliner will eventually fly on the Empire and probably the Atlantic routes,
cruising at 500 miles an hour.
This New York Times photo shows :-
The De Haviland Comet seen with the plane from which it was developed, the D.H.108,
at Hatfield today. July 27th, 1949
William Johnson
Comet 1, G-ALVG
Comet 1, G-ALVG
Hermes 4, G-ALDA Hermes 5, G-ALEU AW Apollo, G-AIYN
Viscount 630, G-AHRF Viscount 630, G-AHRF
Percival Survey Prince, G-ALRY
SM Seagull ASR.1, PA147
Avro 707B, VX784 Avro 707B, VX784
Supermarine 510, VV106
Vampire F.3, VF332
EE Canberra 1, VN799
Hawker P.1052, VX279
Sea Fury FB.11, VX642 Valetta C.2, VX571 Shackleton Mk.1, VW131
Cierva Air Horse, VZ724
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Here are a selection of scanned prints, the photography is not very good, however, they are representative of the time.
Avro 707, VX784 Hermes 5, G-ALEU Comet 1, G-ALVG AW Apollo, G-AIYN
Sea Fury FB.11, VX642 Firefly AS.5, WB310
Supermarine 510, VV106
HP (Reading) Marathon 2, G-AXHU SM Seagull ASR.1, PA147
(Armstrong Siddeley Mamba turboprops)
Bristol Freighter 21 G-AIME