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439 FLIGHT International, 13 September 1962 Canine comparison: Beagle 206Y (above) and M.2I8 (below) English Electric Lightning F.3, with Red Top missiles Cutting a dash—the Avro 748 Series 2 of the Brazilian Air Force FARNBOROUGH WEEK . programme. Earlier, British Aircraft Corporation had announced that the T.188 would take two days off to resume its flight develop ment programme at Boscombe Down, but this programme was to day able to include the hoped-for passes along the Farnborough runway. As on previous days, Harrison in the Avro 748 impressed with an ultra-short short take-off, and the Navy and RAF with their dash and spectacle. The 16-Hunter diamond of 92 Sqn was the ultimate in design and motion, seen head-on, lazily rolling and at the crest of a high, smoothly smoking loop, all against a liquid blue sky. The Public Days Turbulents, Mr Tupolev, parachutists and a presentation—such, in alliterative terms, were the highlights of Friday, September 7. Nine colourful Tiger Club Turbulents formed a lively curtain- raiser to the afternoon's flying; Andrei Tupolev paid £1 at the gate like any British citizen (as Flight International said last week the Russians might do, for lack of an official invitation), asked to look over the VC10, was at first refused and then had his wish granted, and was finally entertained to lunch by BAC's Sir George Edwards; eight RAF parachutists performed free falls from an -Argosy, landing expertly on their target; and the FA A Officers' Association made a presentation to leaders of the Royal Navy aerobatic teams. All this on a superb late-summer afternoon, with a display of vintage aircraft—including Swordfish, Mosquito and S.E.5a—to add contrast to the more commercial demonstration programme. It was a splendid gesture to follow the gay Turbulents on the three public days with a living tribute to 50 years of British military aviation, and the 82,000 people who came on the Saturday relished to the full the vintage displays by John Oliver (Mosquito), Lt Cdrs Spafford and Wreford (Fulmar and Swordfish, respectively), Peter Varley (Gladiator), Duncan Simpson (Hart), "Willie" Williamson (Bristol Fighter), Gp Capt Pan Hanafin (S.E.5a), David Morgan (Spitfire) and Bill Bedford (Hurricane)—the last-named later using his mount as a taxi to take him to Dunsfold, whence he demon strated the P. 1127. Another feature of the day was the arrival at 2.30 p.m. of Westland Whirlwind Mk 10 XP400 flown by Sq Ldr Leo De Vigne, after a successful 6,000-mile demonstration tour of the Lebanon, Syria and Egypt. A cloudless arena for the flying display (disproving the Met men) and an attendance of over 110,000: such was Sunday's character, with some of the week's most splendid flying—Merewether translating the P. 1127 directly from the vertical to forward flight (and vice versa on landing) and then flying to dispersal instead of taxying; Ranald Porteous aerobatting the Beagle B.206X; Lt Paul Millet, RN, pulling the H.P.I 15 round in dramatic-planform steep turns; Pollitt almost burning up the runway in the special- Olympus Vulcan; the four 700Z Flight Buccaneers taking part in the Naval demonstration; a solo Hunter (Fit Lt Douglas Bridson) doing upward rolls to 21,000ft; and 74 and 92 Squadrons excelling themselves by rounding off their superb RAF contribution with a diamond 25 of Lightnings and Hunters. This brilliant last day aptly crowned the week's activities at Farnborough. The Maritime Central Herald 200 displays its generous flap area
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