It had 2 hangers, one above the other, both with heights of 17ft 6in. Info from ”Warbirds of the Sea” by Walter A. Musciano.

My Grandad was a Royal Marine and on his way to the far east when the atomic bombs were dropped. A lot of people don’t realize that they probably would never have been born if Japan had to be defeated conventionally.

Thanks Hammer, lots of good pics in that article. Funny looking depth charges(?) on the Sea Kings 🙂

I always thought it was a shame that the SHAR didn’t get the proposed ”Kingston Big Wing” when it was upgraded to the FRS2/FA2 standard. This ”Big Wing” was intended to upgrade RAF GR3s and would have had more fuel and hardpoints and improved aerodynamic performance.

It would have been nice if the RAF and FAA had co-operated and modified their GR3s and FRS1s with the ”Big Wing” and then made a joint purchase of a Blue Vixen radar equipped Harrier II+ in the early 1990s.

”Big/Tin Wing” info and pics from http://www.vectorsite.net/avav8.html

Paul F, thanks for the pics. I guess the weather suited the occasion 🙁

I’d feel a lot better if the CVFs were getting built as they begin retiring the Invincible class and Sea Harriers.

Here is a old thread on the SDB http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=41950

Fake :), you can see a light blue outline against the darker blue sky on the bottom of the belly fuel tank.

This reminds me of a picture I’ve seen of a Buccaneer refueling a Tristar, which believe it or not wasn’t faked!