Spinners

Gloster Sea Javelin FAW.1 - 899 Naval Air Squadron, Royal Navy, 1964 Special thanks to Paulopanz and, of course, the prolific Veltro2K.

Gloster Sea Javelin FAW.2 - 892 Naval Air Squadron, Royal Navy, 1971

A cat that's not afraid of water

McDonnell Douglas Phantom FG.1 - 899 Naval Air Squadron, Royal Navy, April 1982

Screenies show the 'Ark' but you'll notice the ship identification letter of 'L' on the fins meaning that I'd like to have them on the 1970's 'Lizzie' (now in service in my install).

Cold War Warrior

A study in optimism...

Cross-deck operations

McDonnell F-4B(UK) Phantom FG.1 - 700P Naval Air Squadron, Royal Navy, 1966 By 1961 it was inescapable that McDonnell's F4H-1 Phantom was fast becoming the standard against which all other fighters would be judged a fact quickly realised by the Royal Navy who were seeking a replacement for the De Havilland Sea Vixen in the fleet defence role. Lord Mountbatten pushed hard for a minimum change version of the F-4B and stone-walled any attempts to force the P.1154 upon the senior service. In March 1962 the UK Government cancelled the P.1154 and announced that 100 McDonnell F-4B's would be purchased for the Royal Navy for delivery during 1965 and 1966 and also announcing extensive refit plans for both HMS Ark Royal and HMS Eagle to keep them in service until 1975. Despite the desire for a minimum change version some changes were necessary. The short 54 foot decklift length of the Royal Navy's carriers meant that the radar and radome had to be designed to swing round 180o and an extra-extensible nose wheel leg had to be incorporated to increase the nose-up angle to compensate for the less powerful catapults on the British carriers. However, Mountbatten and the Admiralty resisted all calls to adopt the promising Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan engine and this undoubtedly helped in McDonnell getting the first F-4B(UK) into the air on June 26th, 1964 with deliveries to the specially formed 700P Naval Air Squadron commencing early in 1965 and eventually equipping four front-line squadrons as the Phantom FG.1. During 1972 and 1973 all surviving Phantom FG.1's were retro-fitted with the Westinghouse AWG-10 pulse-doppler radar and the type remained in service until 1984 seeing service in the 1982 Falklands conflict.

McDonnell F-4B(UK) - 806 Naval Air Squadron, Royal Navy, 1980

Survivor

Strike Fighters Gold is still in the Third Wire store at $10 and does include the Bird Dog.

Vought Cutlass FRS.1 - 806 Naval Air Squadron, Royal Navy, 1958

2B or not 2B

By the light...

That's where you've gone wrong.

So, Stop The Pigeon, Stop The Pigeon, Stop The Pigeon, Stop The Pigeon, Stop The Pigeon, Stop The Pigeon Stop that Pigeon, How? Nab him, jab him, tab him, grab him, Stop that pigeon now!"

Seriously good!

I liked it Russ! One of my first downloads. Happy days...

Gloster Javelin FAW Mk.51 - No.2 (Province of Leinster) Squadron, Irish Air Corps, 1960

Rovers Return

1943

Gloster Javelin FAW Mk.56 - 341 Squadron, Hellenic Air Force, 1962

LOL the real tragedy is that it's taken a Swede to teach me to spell in my native tongue.