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1960
1960 - 1725.PDF
PLIGHT, 2 September 1960 399 Approaches to Farnborough: routes recom- mended by the motoring organizations Getting to Farnborough GUIDANCE FOR SBAC SHOW VISITORS from LONDON ALTERNATIVE ROUTE from READING and THE NORTH from BASIN GSTOKE and THE WEST FARNBOROUGH may mean a small town in Hampshire (pop31,020) or a village in Kent (pop 4,125). It may mean theRoyal Aircraft Establishment located at the former. But to the aircraft industry, thousands of foreign visitors, and the generalpublic it means the world's biggest annual air show, a compound of engineering ingenuity, flying skill, organizational genius andtented jamboree. These terms are not irreverent; for the Society of British AircraftConstructors' annual Exhibition and Flying Display has a unique atmosphere, combining business, technology, sociability, open-airentertainment, indoor attractions and reunions of friends and rivals. It is a trade show, but a trade show with cream on top—the demonstration of new aeroplanes; it is private, being run by a professional body; but it is public and popular in the widestsense of those terms. This year's show begins next Monday (September 5) withthe now-traditional Press and technicians' preview day; and the following three days, Tuesday to Thursday inclusive, arereserved for SBAC guests. Then come the public days: Friday, Saturday and Sunday, September 9 to 11. All throughthe week the airfield gates open at 10 in the morning and close at 7 in the evening; but there is a half-hour variation instarting-time for the flying display: on the three public days this begins at 3 p.m.; on all other days at 2.30 p.m. The road to Farnborough in early September is now almostas fabulous as the roads to Samarkand and Mandalay; but although (in a collective sense) the highway forms the most widely usedmeans of getting to the show, it is not the only one. Guests of the SBAC (especially from overseas) may fly into RAF Odiham,whence the Society runs a special coach service to Farnborough for them, operating on the private days and on Friday, first of thepublic days. It will commute as frequently as possible (e.g., at half-hourly intervals in the busy periods) and guests have only toshow their badges or tickets. For those travelling to Farnborough by train, special facilitiesare being provided by British Railways. The airfield is well situated near main lines, the Waterloo - Salisbury section passingthrough Farnborough station and a Waterloo - Portsmouth line via Aldershot; in addition a route comes in from Reading andthe Midlands to. North Camp station. BR are providing through booking facilities from stations in the Southern Region, andspecial trains are being run from some centres in the other BR regions. Extra trains arc being run between London and Farn-borough and there are special road-rail cheap day tickets from London (which is 10s return) and other stations to Farnboroughand Aldershot. This is done through the co-operation of the Aldershot and District Traction Co Ltd, who arrange a shuttleservice of buses from North Camp and Aldershot stations to points MONSTRATION AIRCRAFT / CAR PARK ' VIP CARSLayout of the airfield for the week's displays, showing areas arranged for the public and for car parking and other purposes I U COACH PARK HEUC CAR PARK l <_PARK TRADE DAYS
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