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Looking south towards Farnborough Aerodrome and the Frank Whittle Memorial jet aircraft on the plinth outside the gate.
©Brendan and Ruth McCartney
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©Diane Sambrook
Dist:0.3km<br/>Eleven Red Arrows approaching Farnborough Airport during the 2010 Air Show. The aircraft are just breaking from formation ready to line up to land.
©Christine Matthews
Dist:0.4km<br/>Prize-winning architecture (and featured in James Bond film!): terminal building and part of one of the hangars. Photographed from the security gate near the Whittle Roundabout (see the McCartneys' photo for this square)
©Tony Wood
Dist:0.4km<br/>Panorama of Farnborough Airport showing control tower, hangars and terminal building
©Tony Wood
Dist:0.4km<br/>Hidden in the dip beneath all that lush vegetation is Merrow Brook. Eelmoor Road is visible to the left, named after a former farm in the area.
©Nigel Cox
Dist:0.5km<br/>This path runs parallel to Hazel Avenue between the avenue and Cove Brook.
©don cload
Dist:0.5km<br/>View from 4th floor suite in 'The Aviator' hotel: Farnborough Airport control tower, hangars. A business jet is just landing.
©Tony Wood
Dist:0.5km<br/>Rushmoor Waste Transfer Station is at the eastern end of Eelmoor Road and was opened in 1997. The household waste recycling centre is to the right, the Q painted on the road indicating the waiting lane so that domestic users do not obstruct lorry access to the transfer station in the left hand lane.
©Nigel Cox
Dist:0.5km<br/>View across part of Farnborough Airfield.
©Malc McDonald
Dist:0.6km<br/>Eleven Red Arrows approaching Farnborough Airport during the 2010 Air Show.
©Christine Matthews
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©Steve Daniels
Dist:0.6km<br/>Photographed with a long lens from the raised exhibition terraces. (Early 1980s exact year unknown)
©Peter Facey
Dist:0.6km<br/>Two helicopters photographed through a long lens from the spectator area. The brick buildings immediately beyond the helicopters seem to have been replaced since. (Early 1980s exact year unknown)
©Peter Facey
Dist:0.6km<br/>This image shows just how close together the aircraft are during these manoeuvres.
©Christine Matthews

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