Arrested
With her wings folded, Royal Navy Historic Flight Hawker Seahawk FGA.6 WV908/A188 sits opposite a similarly configured ex US Navy Douglas A-1 Skyraider during the 'Air Day' held at RNAS Yeovilton in 2005.
The Seahawk served the Fleet Air Arm for many years, coming of age during the 1956 Suez crisis. They also served with the Dutch, German and Indian Navies.
A relatively diminutive liitle jet but nevertheless one that could pack quite a punch and was well-suited to carrier-borne operations. Powered by a Rolls-Royce Nene jet engine, Seahawks also served with the Navy's own aerobatic team ‘The Red Devils’ based with No.738 NAS at RNAS Lossiemouth in the late 1950's.
Built by Armstrong-Whitworth in 1954, this example has been with the Flight for many years and has had a couple of re-builds, but has also suffered various engine related issues making it's appearance with the flight a delight when it does occur.
A delightful little aeroplane which you can read more about here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawker_Sea_Hawk
Scanned 35mm transparency with HDR tonemapping
Arrested
With her wings folded, Royal Navy Historic Flight Hawker Seahawk FGA.6 WV908/A188 sits opposite a similarly configured ex US Navy Douglas A-1 Skyraider during the 'Air Day' held at RNAS Yeovilton in 2005.
The Seahawk served the Fleet Air Arm for many years, coming of age during the 1956 Suez crisis. They also served with the Dutch, German and Indian Navies.
A relatively diminutive liitle jet but nevertheless one that could pack quite a punch and was well-suited to carrier-borne operations. Powered by a Rolls-Royce Nene jet engine, Seahawks also served with the Navy's own aerobatic team ‘The Red Devils’ based with No.738 NAS at RNAS Lossiemouth in the late 1950's.
Built by Armstrong-Whitworth in 1954, this example has been with the Flight for many years and has had a couple of re-builds, but has also suffered various engine related issues making it's appearance with the flight a delight when it does occur.
A delightful little aeroplane which you can read more about here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawker_Sea_Hawk
Scanned 35mm transparency with HDR tonemapping