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Sep. 09, 1954 - Atom Bomber Stops The Show: Aviation experts and technicians from all over the world recently attended the Society of British Aircraft Constructors annual Flying Display and Exhibition at Farnborough, England. Military stars of the show were three multi-engined jet atom bombers, the Vickers Valiant, the Avro Vulcan and the Handley Page Victor. On the civil aviation side were the turbo-prop airliners Vickers Viscount, the Bristol Britannia and the jet Comet III. Photo shows The gleaming white Vulcan, delta wing bomber powered by four Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire jet engines, proves its crowd appeal at the S.B.A.C. Show

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(c) Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com/Mary Evans
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Airliners Appeal Atom Bombers Comet Constructors Delta Experts Farnborough Gleaming Handley Proves Sapphire Stops Technicians Turbo-prop Valiant Vulcan


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