Shoreham was first spectator fatalities at an airshow for 63 years

The Shoreham air disaster was the first time spectators have been killed at a British airshow for 63 years, when the country was a very different place. The Farnborough Air Show of 1952 was a showcase of engineering and technological expertise when Britain’s aircraft manufactures led the world. The brave test pilots who flew the jets were household names and a crowd of over 120,000 flocked to the site to see the latest types screaming overhead and breaking the sound…