Naval First Flights December 1 – The Fairey Albacore

December 12, 2021Leave a comment

Looking through the record books for notable aviation anniversaries, I stumbled across a couple of lesser known Royal Navy types that had their first flights on or around this date. The fist of which is the unconventional Fairey Albacore. This design flew for the first time on the 12th December 1938. https://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/15837361162/in/photolist-q8uBH5-8AWQdr-ErDfpx-8AZW2u-EXP9qW-E3pC5s-F17UFc-8AZW1L The family resemblance … Continue reading Naval First Flights December 1 – The Fairey Albacore

Fleet Air Arm Museum Reserve Collection – Cobham Hall

December 11, 2018Leave a comment

A long time fixture on my wish-list, I finally got the chance to take a tour of the reserve collection at the Fleet Air Arm Museum at Yeovilton. The museum has too many large artefacts (aircraft) to display on a regular basis and while they rotate aircraft through on a more regular basis than other … Continue reading Fleet Air Arm Museum Reserve Collection – Cobham Hall

Concorde’s Farewell – The End Of The Beginning:

November 26, 2014January 6, 2015Leave a comment

I know, I know, its not a warbird, I can’t even really argue my way into it being related to one, well it has Olympus’, like the Vulcan, that’s close enough for me. All joking aside I wanted to reflect on another one of those days in aviation history I was lucky enough to be … Continue reading Concorde’s Farewell – The End Of The Beginning:

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Naval First Flights December 1 – The Fairey Albacore

Fleet Air Arm Museum Reserve Collection – Cobham Hall

Concorde’s Farewell – The End Of The Beginning: