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There have been several posts with photo's of aircraft in the various threads. Terry's threads on bi-planes and Flying boats spring to mind. Lot's of members it seems served aboard aircraft carriers. There is also an interest from a modellers point of view too. So I thought it maybe a good idea to create a thread dedicated to photos of naval aircraft. I say naval aircraft rather than RN Aircraft so that members from around the globe can input the aircraft from their own Navies. I'll start with some photo's from my collection and a few that may have been posted already......I hope it gets a good response and can build into a good reference for everybody. Regards Alan
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The 2nd batch of photo's. I will post more if there is a good participation in this thread. Over to you folks...... Regards Alan
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Good one Alan, unfortunatly nearly all my ref photos are in books, we were too busy launching ,recovering and moving them around to take photos, also we were not supposed to take stuff like cameras on to the Flight Deck. Looking forward to more regards

Good thinking Alan especially as it is the FAA '100th Birthday' this year - I have some photos too but need to scan them first Fairlead

Do these count Alan? Bob.
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G'Day All Ah Naval Aviation! One of my favourite areas! Over the past 30 years I've toured Australian, British, and American aircraft carriers here in Fremantle. To give you an Idea on how busy it has been for Naval Aviation in this port 'Down Under' I'll give you this list of carriers I've toured here. HMAS Melbourne (R-21) HMS Invincible (R-05) 1983 HMS Illustrious (R-06) 1986, 1997 HMS Ark Royal (R-09) 1988 USS Midway (CV-41) 1985, 1989 USS Ranger (CV-61) 1989, 19992 USS Independence (CV-62) 1993, 1997 USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) 1984, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2006 USS Constellation (CV-64) 1985, 1987, 1989, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003 USS Enterprise (CVN-65) 1983, 1986 USS America (CV-66) 1981 USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) 1982 USS Nimitz (CVN-68) 2005 USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) 1983, 1985, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1999, 2003 USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) 1993, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003 USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004 As you can see, a bit busy at times. Here are some pics from the US Naval Air Force Pacific. F-14D Tomcat - VF-31 'Tomcatters' - Carrier Air Wing 14 (NK) USS John C. Stennis 2004. This was the Squadron Commanders Aircraft. One of the oldest Squadrons in the USN. (This was the last time the Tomcat was deployed in the Pacific prior to removing this magificent aircraft from service with the USN, Only Iran fly them now. Yes, I LOVE this aircraft!) Tomcat Tail, yes that is Felix the Cat, the 'Tomcatters' mascot! F/A-18C Hornet - VFA-25 'Fist of the Fleet' - Carrier Air Wing 14 (NK) USS John C. Stennis 2004. This was the Aircraft for the Carrier Air Wing Commander (CAG), who has one aircraft in each embarked squadron onboard. Hornet Tail (For those that watched Top Gun, yes this was where they took Iceman's Squadron Logo from!" F/A-18E Super Hornet - VFA-115 'Eagles' - Carrier Air Wing 14 (NK) USS Abraham Lincoln 2002/2003. This was the Super Hornet's first overseas deployment just prior to Operation Iraqi Freedom. Super Hornet nose. This was the Carrier Air Wing Commander's aircraft, with a dedication to a New York Firefighter lost during 9/11. Super Hornet Tail. The Eagles were an old A-6 Intruder Squadron called 'Arabs' before 1979, then changed their name to 'Eagles' S-3B Viking - VS-35 'Blue Wolves' - Carrier Air Wing 14 (NK) USS John C. Stennis 2004. This was a replacement CAG aircraft, after the previous one was used by President Bush during his visit to the USS Abraham Lincoln in 2003, that aircraft is now at the USN Aviation Museum in Florida. SH-60F Seahawk - HS-4 'Black Knights' - Carrier Air Wing 14 (NK) USS John C. Stennis 2004. This was the most advanced version of the Seahawk helicopter, armed with Hellfire Missiles. EA-6B Prowler - VAQ-136 'Guantlets' - Carrier Air Wing 5 (NF) USS Kitty Hawk 2006. This is the CAG bird for this squadron, which is based out of Japan before its replacement arrives in the form of the EA-18F Growler in the next few years Prowler Tail. E-2C Hawkeye - VAW-117 'Wallbangers' - Carrier Air Wing 11 (NH) USS Nimitz 2005. An airborne early warning aircraft, these are getting upgraded to the 'D' standard over the coming years. So thats a small glimpse into a carrier air wing. Enjoy. Battlestar
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Smashing pix Alan, especially the one of the Wyvern just about to run out of catapult!! Nice one of the Seahawk, nothing special, just a nice pic of the aircraft IMHO, so I've downloaded that one!! Thanks Alan. Mik

[quote=Batstiger;51473]Do these count Alan? Bob.[/quote] We already have a thread for RN and RAF bi plane pictures Bob.

Here some Naval Aircraft, [ATTACH]45495[/ATTACH][ATTACH]45496[/ATTACH][ATTACH]45497[/ATTACH][ATTACH]45498[/ATTACH] Regards Charles
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Hunting Sea Prince,flown out of Hal Far HMS Falcon by NAS 750.
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It's been a good response so far folks, thank you for that. Here are a few more photo's, apologies if any have already been posted. Hope to see some from overseas... Regards Alan
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Apologies,forgot to attach this one to my previous post.
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Some RAN Aircraft over the years... Enjoy! Battlestar
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Ian, thanks very much for these brilliant photo's. A really good selection of aircraft some of which I hadn't heard of.......but I'm not an aviation enthusiast.....just like to see them and put together a good collection. regards Alan

The next batch of photo's for your perusal. Regards Alan
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[quote=alanbenn;51632]Ian, thanks very much for these brilliant photo's. A really good selection of aircraft some of which I hadn't heard of.......but I'm not an aviation enthusiast.....just like to see them and put together a good collection. regards Alan[/quote] Well done lads, I did not know there was a Seahurricane ? and great to see some pictures of the wonderful Gannet Regards Ivor

Thanks for the comments Ivor. Just for you Gannets galore....... Regards Alan
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[quote=alanbenn;51761]Thanks for the comments Ivor. Just for you Gannets galore....... Regards Alan[/quote] OK......... Who nicked 416 out of the line ??????? was it you Dave ? Well done and many thanks I used to love that aircraft as a lad Regards Ivor

Ivor, either those lads at the front of the photo are saluting with the wrong hand or they're also looking for '416';) Alan

[QUOTE=alanbenn;51632]Ian, thanks very much for these brilliant photo's. A really good selection of aircraft some of which I hadn't heard of.......but I'm not an aviation enthusiast.....just like to see them and put together a good collection. regards Alan[/QUOTE] Thanks Allan Here are some more RAN aircraft...Oh, the third picture is of the 817 Sqn Seaking painted in the colours for the RAN 75th Anniversay. I took that photo during my time on HMAS Stalwart. Battlestar
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Thanks Ian, another stunning set of photo's. Regards Alan

Some older RAN's, re-sized and repaired since my first innocent postings: Alan, I remembered more than halfway through making this post that I had a BOOK here - covers Sea Furies, Fireflies and Sea Venoms. I am anxious about seeming to tramp too heavily into your thread with RAN, but if you would like some more of these aircraft specific 'portrait' type photos in the latter part of the post would you kindly let me know. There are also a few interesting photos of early U.K. prototypes, the best of which perhaps is the last here, early Sea Fury over Portsmouth, late 1940s. Cheers, K.
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Jeff, feel free to post photo's of RAN aircraft, that's why I called the thread Naval aircraft and not RN aircraft, so that people can post photo's from their part of the world. The more the merrier.... Thanks for the photo's, some really interesting one's amongst them. Regards Alan

Good Alan, here's some more - and it's a big mixed bag anyway...
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Am I right in saying that the Seafury had a Griffen engine in it with a very distinct engine noise...? :confused:

Supermarine Attacker.
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[QUOTE=ivorthediver;51878]Am I right in saying that the Seafury had a Griffen engine in it with a very distinct engine noise...? :confused:[/QUOTE] Ivor, you've made me pore over that book, which has every technical detail known to mankind. The immediate predecessor to the Fury and Sea fury was the Tempest 1 (first pic below) which was powered by a Napier Sabre 1V engine which proved unreliable. Just one aircraft built. Tempest V (pic 2) which went into production, was powered by a more reliable Napier Sabre 11 engine. In 1943 orders were placed for six Fury prototypes, three powered by Bristol Centaurus radial engines, two by Rolls Royce Griffon inline V12s, and the sixth a structural test aircraft only. In the end only one aircraft, LA610 (second pic in my previous post) was built with the 1,915 h.p. Rolls Royce Griffon 85 engine, with a Rotol six-bladed contra-rotating propellor. The book says nothing about distinctive sound, but in any event that single plane was eventually re-powered by Centaurus and Napier Sabre powerplants. Hmmmm. This is fascinating. The RAF cancelled their orders for Furies as the Air Force was becoming more interested in the newly emerging jet aircraft. Fearing that the unreliable reputation of the Napier Sabre engines would inhibit export sales, all Sea Furies went into production with one Bristol Centaurus XV11 18-cylinder two-row, sleeve valve , air-cooled radial engine with a single-stage two-speed supercharger rated at 2,480hp for take-off, 2550 hp at 4000ft and 2,280hp at 16,500ft. They had Rotol five-bladed constant speed propellors at 12ft. 9in (3.89m) in diameter. Hmmmm. Wonderful. There you go ... just one with Griffon engine though.:) P.S. I was trying to find the part where a Sea Fury downed a MiG jet in Korea - ah, there it is. 802 Squadron, off HMS [I]Ocean[/I], Aug 9, 1952, four Sea Furies met eight MiG 15s over North Korea, and Fury break turns denied MiGs an opportunity to get a bede on them, then several head on passes followed during which Furies damaged two and downed one - credited to the flight leader, Lt. P. Carmichael.
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Thanks Kookaburra, The reason for asking was that many years ago I was asked to set up a fuel bowser team for the use of participating aircraft at Duxford Museum. At the time I was the crew chief on the restoration work on the B29 Superfortress for the Duxford Aviation Society . Due to the popularity of the air shows which we used to do the ground handling on at Duxford, West Malling, and North Weald we knew all the BBMF pilots and the RNHF very well and used to very busy working a long hard day refuelling the aircraft of Ray Hanner and Steven Gray who collectivly owned the OLD FLYING MACHINE COMPANY and another which Memory fails me on [WAR BIRDS ?] We could all tell a "Merlin" with no trouble at all and on this Air day a SEAFURY turned up [I never did find out where from but it may have been the Royal Navy Historic Flight then based at Yeovilton ] and everyone stopped in silence as it landed ,taxied around the perry track and came to a halt on the flight line.....The pilot got out and did not know what was going on and looked a bit perplexed untill the other pilots came up and started talking and Jokeing with him. The noise of the Engine was very distinct and Growled at you .....and am I right in saying it was started by cartridge cases ? rather than a GPU? Sorry to have prattled on but aviation has always been my prime interest untill about ten years ago.....incidently my Grand Father George Singleton was one of the pioners who developed the first "Merlin Engine" but thats another storey to tell................:o

No criticism implied here but this is just to remind that this thread of Alans is for Naval aircraft only as we already have existing threads for many other types of aircraft. These include British fighter aircraft of WW2, Flying-boats and floatplanes, Bi planes, Propellor Bombers, Early Jets and even the Eurofighter!! [url]http://www.worldnavalships.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1947[/url] [URL]http://www.worldnavalships.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1850[/URL] [URL]http://www.worldnavalships.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1834[/URL] [URL]http://www.worldnavalships.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2014[/URL] [URL]http://www.worldnavalships.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1085[/URL] [URL]http://www.worldnavalships.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2048[/URL] I appreciate there is bound to be overlapping at times which is the way it should be - this is just to inform recent members who might not have seen the other galleries/threads that were started some time ago...

Point taken on board Terry , but I WAS talking about a NAVY TYPE AIRCRAFT and " MERLIN " engines which were a power plant in them ......was it not ?

G'Day All A modern USN carrier air wing is made up of several types of aircraft. The pictures here show both the commonality and the diversity of Carrier Air Wing Eleven (NH) embarked onboard USS Nimitz (CVN-68) during it 2005 Westpac (Western Pacific/Indian Ocean/Gulf) cruise. From the Fighter/Attack aircraft of the F-18C Hornet and the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet (Known also as 'Rhino' onboard) to the Electronic Warfare Prowlers, Airborne Early Warning Hawkeyes, and the Anti-Submarine/Utility Seahawk Helicopter, each of these aircraft has a mission within the air wing, the combined value of which is over 3 Billion Dollars (US) Enjoy Battlestar
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[quote=ivorthediver;51970]Point taken on board Terry , but I WAS talking about a NAVY TYPE AIRCRAFT and " MERLIN " engines which were a power plant in them ......was it not ?[/quote] Absolutely Ivor. As I said there was no criticism implied for anyone. My post was just to make sure that all members knew of these other threads as they havent been used in recent months...

Just seen the Gannet galore and here a question Why is it the numbers on the side on some planes different from the number underwing and some airctaft have the same number? Like 417 has 417 underwing but 418 has 424.:confused:

G'Day All A few posts ago I showed you what a current USN Carrier Air Wing looked like. But when I saw this picture, I knew I had to posted it here. This is Carrier Air Wing Five (NF) which is stationed in Japan, conducting a flypast of Mount Fiji in 2007 just prior to deploying onboard the USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) for a three month cruise that took it to Australia for military exercises. Carrier Air Wing Five is known as 'America's “911” Carrier Air Wing' [IMG]http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt352/battlestar_inc/CVW-5_Apr200745.jpg[/IMG] All but the 'Providers' are CAG Aircraft. In order, the aircraft and squadrons are (L to R) E-2C Hawkeye - VAW-115 'Liberty Bells' C-2B Greyhound - VRC-30 Det 5 'Providers' EA-6B Prowler - VAQ-136 'Guantlets' F/A-18F Super Hornet - VFA-102 'Diamondbacks' F/A-18E Super Hornet - VFA-27 'Royal Maces' F/A-18C Hornet - VFA-192 'Golden Dragons' F/A-18C Hornet - VFA-195 'Dambusters' (Chippy Ho!) This was taken by the USN from the Carrier Air Wings Helicopter squadron HS-14 'Chargers' Enjoy Battlestar

A thoroughly magic pic.. showing the complete air defence/attack system that a proper carrier can bring to any theatre of ops.:) I bet our FAA boys of yesteryear are envious of such! I am just totally unchuffed that the RN ever lost its proper fixed wing carrier borne capability. Will we ever get it back with the 'TWO' CVA's (projected)???:rolleyes: Little h

Let us pray they see sense and think logically ...not their strong point

Hello, here is a photo of a Fairey Barracuda mk3 (so it says on the photo) fitted-out for air-sea rescue with a small boat fixed to the fuselage. The aircraft seems to be on the deck of a carrier, see arrester wire. Couldn't find much about this variant on the Web other than a reference to a mk2 modified in the same way. I know Warwicks were fitted-out in the same way. Anyone have more information? John
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As far as I know it was a one off Mk II fitted with a lifeboat as a trial another had two liferaft packs mounted under the wings. It was a trial run by the Royal Aircraft Establishment

The airborn Lifeboat was designed by UFFA FOX a famous yacht designer of pre and post war I think if you just go into google and type in 'air born life boat' you should get alot of info , they were quite common and there were trials on various a/c. When I was about 14 I sailed in one owned by a pal's big brother. I think there were two sizes of boat and there were quite a few crews saved by them,. Hope this helps regards

I know a lot were carried by multi engine aircraft like the wellington and lancaster after the war before life rafts became standard. Contemporary account here[URL="http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1945/1945%20-%200116.html"]http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1945/1945%20-%200116.html[/URL] 3 page spread from flight international 18 Jan 1945 The original design by A.C. Robb was given to Uffa Fox for production.
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Many thanks for the information, the key words "airborne lifeboat" on Google brought up several interesting links. Also have a photo of a Vickers Warwick reg n° BV301, with a clinker-built lifeboat fixed to the fuselage.

Here's a few photo's gleaned of the FAA's 'Celebration' aircraft. Very nice they look too. Regards Alan
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[quote=alanbenn;71267]Here's a few photo's gleaned of the FAA's 'Celebration' aircraft. Very nice they look too. Regards Alan[/quote] Very good shots Alan ......looks like they have just come straight out of the paint shop ..St Margam ?

Ivor, The B-29 you were Crew chief is that the one that was flown to Duxford some years ago? There have some great photo's added since i last viewed the thread, Great Job!!!! Regards Charles

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[ATTACH]55118[/ATTACH] Some old favouries
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[quote=CGRET;71341]Ivor, The B-29 you were Crew chief is that the one that was flown to Duxford some years ago? There have some great photo's added since i last viewed the thread, Great Job!!!! Regards Charles[/quote] Hi Charles , yes the one and same "Hawg Wild",,,,hope you are keeping well....

[quote=alanbenn;71267]Here's a few photo's gleaned of the FAA's 'Celebration' aircraft. Very nice they look too. Regards Alan[/quote] As a footnote Alan one of these birds was beating up Duxford Airfield this afternoon and landed ...so he will no doubt be participating in the Air Display this weekend .....having just done his "Circuits and Bumps" to pick out landmarks and the lay of the land so to speak

No doubt Ivor they will be doing the rounds of air shows in this their centenary year. Regards Alan

[quote=alanbenn;71575]No doubt Ivor they will be doing the rounds of air shows in this their centenary year. Regards Alan[/quote] Well from what I saw of it briefly from my car they will be putting on a great display .......the expression " BATS OUT OF HELL" came to mind Regards Ivor

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