I have seen one fly over when we were driving somewhere. My grandfather worked on some of these planes with the RAE and was even involved in the Manchester United crash investigation. He took me around the Hendon museum when I was a kid. My mum worked in the RAE drawing office, so she has some links to the planes too. My dad was in the merchant navy, but knows a fair bit about planes.
I have some cine film of old Farnborough shows from my grandfather. I may look at digitising that some time.
How interesting, a number of people we know used to work at the RAE, many in their old age now. I remember watching the show from the hill next to the canal long before they started to prevent people from doing so. We even had a lift in an army jeep one hot summer because mum was struggling with my little brother (now 6.2ft) in a pushchair across the rough terrain of Aldershot common.
Do share the film if you’re able to. That will be very interesting.
I hope to write some history posts on here.
My dad has some photos that could be interesting. I'll have a chat with him about those. My mum recently gave me this badge that belonged to her dad.
That's in good condition too, the colours have not faded.