Interesting shots. Any more Fleet Air Arm-related images to share?

Whilst mentioning books…..Fleet Air Arm Fixed-Wing Aircraft since 1946, Air-Britain, 2004, Sturtivant, Burrow, Howard ;):)

Vickers-Supermarine was GLASSJAR (confirmed by the late Dave Morgan, and famously re-used in the David Lean film The Sound Barrier).

English Electric was TARNISH.

Here are photographs of the two Westminsters,

They’re the same aircraft, aren’t they?? G-APLE.

In the interests of accuracy, a few corrections to what has been posted so far:

XM684 and XM685 were with Ship’s Flt Ark Royal much earlier – from September 1964 in fact (as TwinOtter23 correctly states).

“Midnite Blue” was not used on RN Westland-built Whirlwinds (of any variant) – they were painted RAF Blue-Grey.

Whirlwind HAR.5s were never used by Ship’s Flt Ark Royal.

Lee

I know all too well what frame station numbers are (the proper terminology :rolleyes:), but was confused by “fuselage station drawings”, hence the question to clarify, but the discussion didn’t get that far!

hi all,

could someone let me have a scan of the fuselage station drawings for this aircraft, not bothered about size so long as the numbers are readable.

The what?:confused:

Si – didn’t see this post until just now. Shame – could have said hi. Did anyone happen to get a photo of the RNHF Chipmunk taxying in on Tuesday lunchtime with the white ensign flying from the rear cockpit (as opposed to on Wednesday)?