| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | G-AKBF |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Scottish Aviation Pioneer |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Scottish Aviation Pioneer |
| Aircraft Version: | Scottish Aviation Pioneer 2 |
| C/n (msn): | 101 |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | FarnboroughMap |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: EGLF IATA: FAB Local: - Other: - |
| Event: | SBAC Farnborough 1951 |
| Photo Date: | September 1951 |
| Photo from: | Don Bennett Collection |
| Photo ID: | 468466 |
| Photo Comment |
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This Pioneer II was a prototype of a Pioneer I, (VL515) which was civil registered as G-AKBF. The original prototypes (VL515 and VL516) were fitted with Alvis Leonides engines and receiving civil registrations (G-AKBF and G-ANAZ). The first, G-AKBF seen here at Farnborough in 1951 and later to become a RAF Scottish Aviation Pioneer CC.1 - XE512. VV119 the Vickers Supermarine Type 528 registration can just be seen in the background. Scanned from an original image photographer unknown. This photo was added on 13 June 2022, and has since been viewed 318 times. |