The Royal Air Force's annual Hendon Air Pageants were held during the inter-war years at the now defunct airfield where today's RAF Museum is situated. These airshows were the forerunner of the post-war Farnborough Air Shows and regularly attracted crowds of half a million with over 250 aircraft in the sky. The first RAF 'Pageant' was held in 1920. In 1925 it became known as the 'Royal Air Force Display' before in 1938 being known briefly as the 'Empire Air Day'. John Blake - the 'king' of the Farnborough Air Show commentators narrates us through this compilation of... newsreel reports of the Hendon air shows - reports which include aircraft such as the Bristol Fighter Sopwith Camel Handley Page 0400 bomber Snipes DH-4 Avro 504 the bat-like Pterodactyl the rare Fairey Fawn the Armstrong-Whitworth Argosy Vickers Vimy Southampton 3 the Inflexible Bristol Bulldogs Vickers Virginia the R-101 giant airship Hawker Harts Avro Tutor DH Tiger Moth Fairey Battles and many more. [show more]
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A documentary history of the Royal Air Force's annual Hendon Air Pageants, which were held during the inter-war years at the now defunct airfield where today's RAF Museum is situated. These airshows were the forerunner of the post-war Farnborough Air Shows, and regularly attracted crowds of half a million with over 250 aircraft in the sky.
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