Swordfish Flies!

Eventually maybe. Not a job to be rushed if it is to compare with the current pair.

Hi All,
K505NZ,
Many thanks for that good to know there will be three…:eagerness:

Geoff.

But you know what I mean!!

An aircraft doesn’t receive a PDA, the crew does.

According to their Facebook page both the aircraft and the pilots now have their public display authority :applause:

Rob

Hi All,
Does anybody else remember a third RNHF Swordfish being restored to fly not to long ago ? I seem to remember reading somewhere there was another being added or was that just as a spare for the two flyers ?

Geoff.

I do, funnily enough I was reading up on the RNHF late last week. Wikipedia has the following data:
– Fairey Swordfish Mk.I W5856 21 Oct 1941 – 1945 Used as a training aircraft during the war and kept in reserve. Served with the Mediterranean Fleet for a year and restored to flying condition in 1993. Currently undergoing overhaul.
– Fairey Swordfish Mk.II LS326 Aug 1943 – 1945 836 War-time service on MAC ships, including MV Rapana and Empire MacCallum. Appeared as aircraft ‘5A’ in the film Sink the Bismarck!. Following discovery of corrosion in 2002 the aircraft was withdrawn from service. New wing spars were manufactured by BAE Systems as part of a complete restoration. As of November 2010, LS326 is airworthy.
– Fairey Swordfish Mk.III NF389 Apr 1944 Aircraft Torpedo Development Unit, Torpedo Trials Flight, 781 NAS Under reconstruction (Jan 2009).

Wonderful news and an unexpected joy to find the photo in my Facebook news feed. Well done to all involved!

Brilliant news, will it be at ….. never mind I’ll get my coat.

Hi All,
Great news from the RNHF a round of applause for all involved in getting her back up where she belongs….:applause: Does anybody else remember a third RNHF Swordfish being restored to fly not to long ago ? I seem to remember reading somewhere there was another being added or was that just as a spare for the two flyers ?

Geoff.

Well done, chaps. She looks great!

Certainly does, over the airfield again at the moment

Fantastic! So now we have a Seafire and a Swordfish taking to the air in the same month… FLY NAVY :applause:

Rob

Great to see and by co incidence Yeovilton and this Swordfish was featured in the last of the series on Tv about Uk airfields this week.

Well done, chaps. She looks great!

Here you go – photo © Lee Howard via Royal Navy Historic Facebook page:

Lee Howard has posted a rather nice A2A on Facebook of it.

If it’s confirmed then it’s excellent news and a real morale boost for the RNHF after the Sea Fury mishap last year.

Rob

Nice!
Well done to all indeed.
Keeping a Pegasus in fighting trim is getting harder and harder to do.

Congratulations

Andy