posted 09-12- 07:38 PM            

Subjects
WW1 /WW2 / Korea
/Aircraft Carrier /Restoration

Quotes
" At the beginning of the 20th Century, the Royal Navy was the most technically advanced service on earth. It adopted aircraft to enhance the roles and capabilities of its ships and people so that from 1914, the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) and its successor, the Fleet Air Arm, have taken part in campaigns all over the World and created many of military aviation's most innovative ideas. The Fleet Air Arm Museum tells their story.

just if you didn't know it existed,

also

This major permanent exhibition re-creates a 1970s aircraft carrier. It uses high-tech displays and an experience chamber to give visitors a thrilling impression of life aboard a real aircraft carrier. The flight deck features ten actual carrier-borne aircraft.

Aircraft on display:

DH Sea Vampire - LZ551/G
DH Sea Vixen FAW2 - XS590/131/E
Hawker Seahawk FGA6 - WV856/163
McDonnell Phantom FG1 - XT596
Supermarine Attacker - WA473/102/J
Blackburn Buccaneer S1 - XN597
DH Sea Venom FAW21 - WW138/227/Z
Fairey Gannet AEW3 - XL503/070/E
Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer S2B - XV333/234/H
Supermarine Scimitar F1 - XD317/112/R
Westland Wessex HU5 - XT482/ZM/VL
Westland Whirlwind HAR3 - XG574/752/PO
Westland Whirlwind HAS7 - XL853/ - /PO

Our current restoration plans involve the Second World War Barracuda, an aircraft built in larger numbers than any other for the Royal Navy, "
http://www.fleetairarm.com

posted 09-16- 11:11 PM            

Could be less steep, but i suppose restoration is so expensive,