John Farley, Cosmo, Covenant and others
Thank you for the fascinating and hugely educational thread.
As a boy in dunnunda (now aged 55) I was only able to watch and read from afar about the goings on and wait for the agonsingly long time it took for our ABC to televise the BBC recording of Farnborough. I finally made it to some real ones much later.
Until about 6 moves ago I had every "Observers Book of Aircraft" up to when I think they stopped them or we could no longer get them here. They were a much anticipated birthday present.
I recall vividly watching unblinking throughout them all including the types discussed above. And we didn't have VCRs either.
To be sitting in my office at home calmly/actually excitedly watching the guys who designed and flew them chat away, is the real miracle of the internet.