Ferguson Flight television - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

Tractorfan · 12th Nov 2023, 10:24 am

Hi,
When I was a lad our neighbours rented a 'Ferguson Flight' TV. I admired that set and liked very much its styling. Quite 'trendy' compared to our boxy brown wooden 17" Ferranti.
It was a 17" 'portable' (well, it had a carrying handle) with a tan coloured leatherette cabinet, a perspex implosion guard and the caramel coloured controls and speaker grille were on the right hand side.
It had the usual two pin mains connector as well as a local/distant control on the back which I used to twiddle to no discernible effect.
I don't recall them being mentioned within these hallowed pages.
Cheers, Pete.

Paul_RK · 12th Nov 2023, 1:13 pm

This model?

https://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/...d.php?t=106175

I think I had one for a while, or maybe I just saw see one or two. TVs from the period were to be had at every furniture auction in the early '70s, and some came and went quite quickly when I only had a bedroom to harbour them in.

I'd forgotten, if I ever knew, that they used the name for a radio as well:

https://www.snellingsmuseum.co.uk/ar...on-flight-3122

Paul

Tractorfan · 12th Nov 2023, 7:39 pm

Hi,
Many thanks, Paul, for providing the link. Not only was the Ferguson Flight posted, I even commented on it! Silly me forgetting all about that. Doh!
Cheers, Pete.

mark pirate · 13th Nov 2023, 9:36 am

I had one of these as a bedroom set back in the mid 70's, I remember buying it from a scouts' jumble sale for the grand sum of 50p!

It was one of the first slimline 110 degree sets, it dates from 1959.
certainly a lot more modern looking than the RGD deep 17 that it replaced.

Mark

12th Nov 2023, 10:24 am	#1
Tractorfan Dekatron Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: St. Frajou, l'Isle en Dodon, Haute Garonne, France.(Previously: Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, UK.) Posts: 3,146	Ferguson Flight television Hi, When I was a lad our neighbours rented a 'Ferguson Flight' TV. I admired that set and liked very much its styling. Quite 'trendy' compared to our boxy brown wooden 17" Ferranti. It was a 17" 'portable' (well, it had a carrying handle) with a tan coloured leatherette cabinet, a perspex implosion guard and the caramel coloured controls and speaker grille were on the right hand side. It had the usual two pin mains connector as well as a local/distant control on the back which I used to twiddle to no discernible effect. I don't recall them being mentioned within these hallowed pages. Cheers, Pete. __________________ "Hello?, Yes, I'm on the train, I might lose the signal soon as we're just going into a tunn..."

12th Nov 2023, 1:13 pm	#2
Paul_RK Dekatron Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Fakenham, Norfolk, UK. Posts: 4,129	Re: Ferguson Flight television This model? https://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/...d.php?t=106175 I think I had one for a while, or maybe I just saw see one or two. TVs from the period were to be had at every furniture auction in the early '70s, and some came and went quite quickly when I only had a bedroom to harbour them in. I'd forgotten, if I ever knew, that they used the name for a radio as well: https://www.snellingsmuseum.co.uk/ar...on-flight-3122 Paul

12th Nov 2023, 7:39 pm	#3
Tractorfan Dekatron Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: St. Frajou, l'Isle en Dodon, Haute Garonne, France.(Previously: Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, UK.) Posts: 3,146	Re: Ferguson Flight television Hi, Many thanks, Paul, for providing the link. Not only was the Ferguson Flight posted, I even commented on it! Silly me forgetting all about that. Doh! Cheers, Pete. __________________ "Hello?, Yes, I'm on the train, I might lose the signal soon as we're just going into a tunn..."

13th Nov 2023, 9:36 am	#4
mark pirate Dekatron Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Worthing, West Sussex, UK Posts: 5,182	Re: Ferguson Flight television I had one of these as a bedroom set back in the mid 70's, I remember buying it from a scouts' jumble sale for the grand sum of 50p! It was one of the first slimline 110 degree sets, it dates from 1959. certainly a lot more modern looking than the RGD deep 17 that it replaced. Mark