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Farnborough The Glory Years 1958-1959

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Farnborough The Glory Years 1958-1959

Post by LondonEye » Mon Oct 20, 2025 6:49 pm

Came across this on YouTube. Colour footage.
The second segment for 1959 has good shots of BEA Comet, Herald and Vanguard.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsIZ1tfEw9w

Compared to today, the Show then was for seven days, and in 1959 was attended by 350,000 people.
Billed as the largest aviation show in the world !

Pete.
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