It was indeed loud. It also shook the ground with the reverberation. What with 74 Sqn's Lightnings on their full reheat climb-out and the Olympus 593 under the Vulcan, not to mention all the others, it was a fabulous way to end the last of the all-British SBAC shows. Having attended every year from 1953 to 1962 inclusive plus 1970, my last Farnborough in 2014 was distinctly underwhelming; a pale imitation of what it used to be.
@@dreamdiction It is, but it's England in September, so they're almost obligatory. Funnily enough, if the clouds are high, they provide a better backdrop for viewing than a clear blue sky.
So classic! Just look at what British have 50 years ago! It is really a pity that I can't see these aviation pioneers nowadays when I visited the Farnborough show 2012.
It's so good to see my memories on the internet once again.... living in Farnborough for so many years in the late 1950's & 1960's was made extra special with the Airshow... Many of these aircraft shown can now be viewed at the Cold War Museum at RAF Cosford.
You don't see GB airshows like this anymore. That would be the whole RAF these days. Great film, and quality. So much better than those studio shot popular 'archives' from the 1970 and 80's for some reason.
Fantastic footage. I have great admiration of the innovative designs of those days. So many manufacturers, each trying to best the other. I think many designs that were completely ahead of their time suffered because jet engine development could not keep up. That problem also plagued the American aircraft industry.
@WinchesterRanger Easily. What a nancy boy world we live in these days, where health and safety and the fear of losing an aircraft mean we, I mean they (I would never put myself in that group), hold back from doing anything really impressive. I feel I was born 30 years too late to see the impressive things of Britain.
@@AtheistOrphan I got the impression he lined up with the wrong turn-off point. The pilot was most likely Bill Bedford who famously stuffed one of these at a Paris Air Show..
1962 was the last of the all-British shows. What went wrong for British aircraft manufacturers? Refer the Sandys Defence White Paper of 1957. Add to that the Government-forced industry almagamations on the promise of future orders, a promise quickly reneged-upon, compounded by vacillation and utter incompetence on the part of BEA and BOAC. Almost literally, the industry was sold down the river by political duplicity.
@@EricIrl corruption mainly. The F104 was a bag of shit, but Lockeed paid politicians and influential figures millions to buy it instead of the Lightning. The Hunter and Harrier sold brilliantly well, even the US bought the Harrier, and the UK is still a world leader in aviation with BAE systems integral to much of the design done in the US and on Typhoon and Tempest.
@@billbonnington7916 Not denying what you say, but the UK successes were rare compared to all the one offs or limited production run aircraft that rolled off the production lines. Blaming other countries for your own nation's failings is a bit of a cop out. Too often, British manufacturers built aircraft, especially airliners, that even the domestic airlines didn't really want. There were some successes of course, but reasonably decent aeroplanes like the Trident, Vanguard and VC-10 failed to make any money for their manufacturers.
Socialism drove every industry in the UK to become wholly uncompetative, China builds things today which are not beyond Britain's technological ability , but well beyond it's economic ability. Labour isn't working, and given the chance ....never would!
I feel compelled to ask; why did we let all this fantastic inovation go to waste? For such a small nation Britain was most certainly punching ubove its weight. And now.... all we produce are some odd parts for various aircraft consortia. Its the same the the car industry, finished! And ship building, How on earth did we let this happen?
+jerseybean59 and thatchers 'service industry' britain. The evilbitch destroyed industry in the uk..the mines, steelmills, ship building all done away by the evil vulture thatcher.
+Ian Neale - Actually it was more likely the Tory lords who sold us out to the Yanks in stages since the end of WW2. A lot is unfairly blamed on unions, when the truth was that incompetent management played a significant part (the postwar higher-ups never seemed to fully internalise the truth that the end of Empire meant no more captive markets and thus no more free money no matter the quality of product).
@@johnsmith-nk1tp It was also punching above its economic ability to sustain such grandiose programmes - especially when 90% of the time, the only customer was the British taxpayer.
When we had an Air Force, Navy and a significant military deterrent. The Golden era.
That was fabulous. Shows like that don't happen anymore. That had to be a LOUD one too. Thanks for sharing this.
It was indeed loud. It also shook the ground with the reverberation. What with 74 Sqn's Lightnings on their full reheat climb-out and the Olympus 593 under the Vulcan, not to mention all the others, it was a fabulous way to end the last of the all-British SBAC shows. Having attended every year from 1953 to 1962 inclusive plus 1970, my last Farnborough in 2014 was distinctly underwhelming; a pale imitation of what it used to be.
The lightnings taking off at 11.06 WOW! that would be mighty impressive even by todays standards.
Absolutely spectacular!!!
Shame about the low clouds.
@@dreamdiction It is, but it's England in September, so they're almost obligatory. Funnily enough, if the clouds are high, they provide a better backdrop for viewing than a clear blue sky.
So classic! Just look at what British have 50 years ago! It is really a pity that I can't see these aviation pioneers nowadays when I visited the Farnborough show 2012.
Great video,you cannot deny the lightning was an amazing aircraft,and rapid WOW!👍
The tail on the VC10 was a work of art . I wonder how it performed in a Wind Tunnel.
It's so good to see my memories on the internet once again.... living in Farnborough for so many years in the late 1950's & 1960's was made extra special with the Airshow...
Many of these aircraft shown can now be viewed at the Cold War Museum at RAF Cosford.
Just think of it , 20 years early they were flying Spits and Hurricanes , quite an advancement in just two decades 🇬🇧
English Electric Lighting probably one of THE most unique design of a Fighter Jet !
Super ❤️
You don't see GB airshows like this anymore. That would be the whole RAF these days. Great film, and quality. So much better than those studio shot popular 'archives' from the 1970 and 80's for some reason.
Fantastic footage. I have great admiration of the innovative designs of those days. So many manufacturers, each trying to best the other. I think many designs that were completely ahead of their time suffered because jet engine development could not keep up. That problem also plagued the American aircraft industry.
China's comments about Britain being a third rate nation etc are bang on! Look at were we were then. And were we are now : /
Nothing screams British engineering by sound than the Rolls Royce Dart turboprop
jesus wept the lightning was an absolute monster!!!!
Looove British aircraft engineering
@WinchesterRanger Easily. What a nancy boy world we live in these days, where health and safety and the fear of losing an aircraft mean we, I mean they (I would never put myself in that group), hold back from doing anything really impressive. I feel I was born 30 years too late to see the impressive things of Britain.
harrier flying in 1962! and still going strong today with USMC..
john smith - It’s actually a P1127, which led to the Kestrel, which led to the Harrier.
@@AtheistOrphan Notice how, on landing, the P1127 causes some taxiway barriers to start sliding about. I bet he got told off by the Airshow Committee.
EricIrl - Well spotted!
@@AtheistOrphan I got the impression he lined up with the wrong turn-off point. The pilot was most likely Bill Bedford who famously stuffed one of these at a Paris Air Show..
1962 was the last of the all-British shows. What went wrong for British aircraft manufacturers? Refer the Sandys Defence White Paper of 1957. Add to that the Government-forced industry almagamations on the promise of future orders, a promise quickly reneged-upon, compounded by vacillation and utter incompetence on the part of BEA and BOAC. Almost literally, the industry was sold down the river by political duplicity.
Oh how gorgeous is that?
Love the English electric lightning
The year I was born, when Britain led the world in innovation and technology. What happened?
Nobody bought the products on display (with the odd exception). You have to ask yourself, why?
EricIrl
Plenty of Aero engines were bought.
@@EricIrl corruption mainly. The F104 was a bag of shit, but Lockeed paid politicians and influential figures millions to buy it instead of the Lightning. The Hunter and Harrier sold brilliantly well, even the US bought the Harrier, and the UK is still a world leader in aviation with BAE systems integral to much of the design done in the US and on Typhoon and Tempest.
@@billbonnington7916 Not denying what you say, but the UK successes were rare compared to all the one offs or limited production run aircraft that rolled off the production lines.
Blaming other countries for your own nation's failings is a bit of a cop out. Too often, British manufacturers built aircraft, especially airliners, that even the domestic airlines didn't really want. There were some successes of course, but reasonably decent aeroplanes like the Trident, Vanguard and VC-10 failed to make any money for their manufacturers.
Socialism drove every industry in the UK to become wholly uncompetative, China builds things today which are not beyond Britain's technological ability , but well beyond it's economic ability. Labour isn't working, and given the chance ....never would!
I didn't realize that the Harrier was around back then.
It was called the Hawker P-1127.
I remember pictures of it in flight in 1960
They were gonna call it the Shrew 🐁 🇬🇧
Fan bloody tastic!! Those displays wouldnt be allowed today!!!!!
Why, the Republic Rainbow 🌈 flew already a decade before that😂
Now that’s an air show!
Most of these have only been retired in recent years - weeks in the case of the VC-10 - testimony to their design and build quality.
I feel compelled to ask; why did we let all this fantastic inovation go to waste? For such a small nation Britain was most certainly punching ubove its weight. And now.... all we produce are some odd parts for various aircraft consortia. Its the same the the car industry, finished! And ship building, How on earth did we let this happen?
Hallo jerseybean59 !
Labour and the Unions !
+jerseybean59
and thatchers 'service industry' britain. The evilbitch destroyed industry in the uk..the mines, steelmills, ship building all done away by the evil vulture thatcher.
+Ian Neale - Actually it was more likely the Tory lords who sold us out to the Yanks in stages since the end of WW2. A lot is unfairly blamed on unions, when the truth was that incompetent management played a significant part (the postwar higher-ups never seemed to fully internalise the truth that the end of Empire meant no more captive markets and thus no more free money no matter the quality of product).
UK politicians! they'd sell their own family for backhanders
@@johnsmith-nk1tp It was also punching above its economic ability to sustain such grandiose programmes - especially when 90% of the time, the only customer was the British taxpayer.
What a wonderful aircraft industry we had. Wasted and destroyed by shortsighted politicians.
Truly Raw Era of Airshows !?😮
Also during Vietnam war ?🙄
is the lightning afraid of the ground? it sure runs away from it fast enough!
What happened to the English aircraft industry anyway?
It was the "British" aircraft industry - and it still exists.
@@EricIrl and is still very strong.
so much inovation!
6:30 min....que avión es????
Bristol T188
Now at RAF Cosford.
Air shows are shit these days. Apart from the BBMF and the Red Arrows, nothing else to see.
These were the days when you could sit in a seat and stretch your legs not like sardines
Awful tune-less but in-period music.
I liked it.