Originally Posted by Genghis the Engineer
I have absolutely no idea what Cranfield were doing with a Swift
Same here, but I've seen variations on that picture scattered around different Cranfield buildings. According to Ken Ellis' 'Testing to the Limits' vol.1 the wet runway braking trials were carried out between 1958 and 1962 and a photo on page 48 shows XF114 at Cranfield at the end of the trials, according to the caption. This is in the section about Dizzy Addicott who was one of the pilots involved in these trials. The Swift photo in the book is from Ken Ellis' collection, perhaps a message to him might help with your website project
Supermarine Swift?