Fairey Gannet AS.1/AS.4 Scout

Fairey Gannet AS.1/AS.4 ScoutAn aircraft that must surely be considered one of the most distinctive types to have ever seen Fleet Air Arm service, the Fairey Gannet was as capable as it was unique and was significant as the only post war military contract to be won by the famous Fairey Aviation Company. Arguably the most unconventional Fairey designed aircraft to enter full production, the Gannet was developed in response to a 1945 Royal Navy requirement for an advanced carrier

The Flying Tin Openers

Alexander James Gibson

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Hurricanes were used successfully

including in Kamikaze units

Perversely

but did suffer some heavy casualties

with the Type Two 63ft HSL ‘Whaleback’ being arguably their most distinctive craft

revised wings and more powerful engines

New Arma Hobby 2025 moulds

these latest reconnaissance Mosquitoes could go anywhere and see everything and the Germans hated them

Sharing the same RAF airfield as the Typhoons which provide Britains Southern sector QRA cover