| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | VX158 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short SA-4 Sperrin |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short SA-4 Sperrin |
| Aircraft Version: | Short SA-4 Sperrin |
| C/n (msn): | SH.1600 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | FarnboroughMap |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: EGLF IATA: FAB Local: - Other: - |
| Event: | SBAC Farnborough 1955 |
| Photo Date: | 10 September 1955 |
| Photo by: | R.A.Scholefield |
| Photo ID: | 9609 |
| Photo Comment |
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The Sperrin test bed aircraft displaying at the 1955 Farnborough SBAC show. The unusual engine layout, one-above-the-other, includes three Avons and a powerful Gyron under test in the port lower nacelle. Scrapped at Hatfield in 1958. This photo is copyright © R.A.Scholefield, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 18 September 2017, and has since been viewed 871 times. |