Vince Hawthorn's Pictures of Farnborough

R51 / Q65

This is believe it or not a " portable airship hangar " . This one to be seen today amongst the building of Farnborough Airport has been given grade 11 listed status for it's role in the past. It was erected around 1910/11 and used in WW1 to house airships or ballons and given the building numbers R51 and Q65 . It is called a portable hangar although to me it looks fairly well fixed.

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Farnborough, Buildings and Structures, Bygone Era, Transport

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Ready For Action

This shot was taken from one side of the airport to the other and shows one of the airfield fire engines ready to react ( hopefully not though ).Farnbourgh is an airfield dating back to the early days of aviation, in fact the first powered flight by Samuel Cody in Britain on 5th October 1908 took place here. After a history with the military and research units it is now a civil airport and as well as the day to day airport business they also hold major exhibitions and events ( hence our visit today ) - not forgetting the once every two years Farnborough Air Show.

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Farnborough

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Control

From the other side of the airport the control tower at Farnborough Airport looks over all that it commands. The shot was taken from an exhibition venue, the zoom figure was 768 mm in old money.

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Farnborough

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The Tower of Control

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Farnborough

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