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  Fleet Air Arm Museum (2009)
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Text:

Urs Schnyder  Michael E. Fader

Pictures:

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Air Power from the Sea’ is the slogan of the Fleet Air Arm Museum in Yeovilton. The museum is one of the best we have ever seen. The editorial team led by Urs Schnyder and Michael E. Fader has visited the museum frequently over the past few decades. This fact alone shows that it is one of the world’s truly must-see museums.

The museum traces the history of the Royal Navy and the Fleet Air Arm. From the first fragile aircraft such as the Short S27 and the Sopwith Pub to modern fighters like the Hawker Harrier FRS2. The Fleet Air Arm was a pioneer in the development of aircraft operating from ships and, above all, in the construction of aircraft carriers. Today, the once-great Fleet Air Arm operates just one helicopter carrier, HMS Ocean. Fixed-wing aircraft have completely disappeared from the FAA’s inventory.

Urs Schnyder visited the museum in 2012, having previously visited it in 1983 and 2007. He also managed to take excellent photos of the carrier deck using long exposure.
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Overview of the Fleet Air Arm Museum at Yeovilton. (Picture courtesy Michael E. Fader)

 
 

 

Robie, Alberto, Rölli Gerri und Urs vor der Informationstafel.(Picture courtesy Michael E. Fader)


 
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The Beginning

  Short S27 (Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

Short S27 (Picture courtesy Michael E. Fader)

(Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

Sopwith Pub (replica) N6452 (Picture courtesy Michael E. Fader)  
   

Sopwith Pub (replica) N6452 (Picture courtesy Michael E. Fader)

Sopwith Pub (replica) (N6452)

    
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World War II

Fairey Fairefly FR. 1 (Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

Grummen Martlet AL 246  (Picture courtesy Michael E. Fader)

Vought Corsair (KD 431) (Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

Grumman Avenger ECM-6B (Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder
   
 

Fairey Albacore (N4389) (Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

Supermarine Walrus L2301 (Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

Supermarine Walrus L2301 (Picture courtesy Michael E. Fader)

Supermarine Walrus L2301 (Picture courtesy Michael E. Fader)

  
   
 

Supermarine Walrus L2301 (Picture courtesy Michael E. Fader)

Supermarine Walrus L2301 (Picture courtesy Michael E. Fader)

Supermarine Walrus L2301 (Picture courtesy Michael E. Fader)

Supermarine Walrus L2301 (Picture courtesy Michael E. Fader)

  
     

Supermarine Walrus L2301 (Picture courtesy Michael E. Fader)

Supermarine Walrus L2301 (Picture courtesy Michael E. Fader)

    
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The cold War
Supermarine Seafire F-17 (Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

Hawker Sea Fury FB11 WJ231 (Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

 (Picture courtesy Michael E. Fader)

Fairey Firefly TT4  VH127(Picture courtesy Michael E. Fader)

Fairey Firefly TT4  VH127(Picture courtesy Michael E. Fader)

Westland Dragonfly HR5 VX595(Picture courtesy Michael E. Fader)

Westland Dragonfly HR5 VX595(Picture courtesy Michael E. Fader)

Westland Dragonfly HR5 VX595)(Picture courtesy Michael E. Fader)
 

(Picture courtesy Michael E. Fader)

De Havilland Sea Vampire F-21 (Picture courtesy Michael E. Fader)

De Havilland Sea Vampire F-21 (Picture courtesy Michael E. Fader)

Hawker SeaHawk FGA.9 (Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

  
   
 

Supermarine Attaker FB-2 (Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

Fairey Gannett AEW-3 (Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

 Fairey Gannett AEW-3 (Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer S2B (Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

  
   
  De Havlland Sea Vixen FAW-2 (Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder) Mc Donnell Douglas Phantom FGA-1 (Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder) Inside HMS Arc Royal (Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder) Inside HMS Arc Royal (Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)  
   
Inside HMS Arc Royal (Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder) The Flightdeck of an Carrier (Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)    
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Buccaneer in the Fleet Air Arm
The Blackburn Buccaneer was used by the FAA as an attack aircraft from 1961 to 1979. HMS Victorious, HMS Eagle, HMS Hermes and HMS Ark Royal all deployed the Buccaneer.

Hawker Hunter T-8M (Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder

Hawker Hunter T-8M (Picture courtesy Michael E. Fader)

Hawker Hunter T-8M (Picture courtesy Michael E. Fader)

Hawker Hunter T-8M (Picture courtesy Michael E. Fader)

(Picture courtesy Michael E. Fader)

Hawker P1127 (Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder

Hawker P1127  (Picture courtesy Michael E. Fader)

The famous Pegasus Engine used in the Harrier  (Picture courtesy Michael E. Fader)
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Falkland

Westland SeaKing HAS-1 (Picture courtesy Michael E. Fader)

Westland Lynx HAS3 XZ699 (Picture courtesy Michael E. Fader)

Westland Lynx HAS3 XZ699 (Picture courtesy Michael E. Fader)

Westland Lynx HAS3 XZ699 (Picture courtesy Michael E. Fader)
 

FMF Pucara der argentinischen Luftwaffe (Picture courtesy Michael E. Fader)

 Bell UH-1H der argentinischen Armee (Picture courtesy Michael E. Fader) Beech T-34C der argentinischen Marine (Picture courtesy Michael E. Fader)  

Westland Wessex HAS-3 "Humphrey" (Picture courtesy Michael E. Fader)

 Westland Wessex HU-5  (Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder) Bae Harrier FRS-1  (Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder) Modell of the HMS Endurance in the South Atlantic (Picture courtesy Michael E. Fader)
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The modern Time
Bae Harrier FRS-2  (Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder) Bae Harrier FRS-2  (Picture courtesy Michael E. Fader) Bae Harrier FRS-2  (Picture courtesy Michael E. Fader) Bae Harrier FRS-2  (Picture courtesy Michael E. Fader)
 
Bae Harrier FRS-2  (Picture courtesy Michael E. Fader)  

Westland Lynx HAS3 XZ699  (Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

Westland Lynx HAS3 XZ699   (Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

  
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Prototypes
   

Handley Page HP.115 (Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

Fairey Delta 2 used for supersonic research (Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

    
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In the eavening
   
Und am Abend ein Ale oder Sidar im Pub - das beste in England
 (Picture courtesy Michael E. Fader)		      
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last update 23. December 2012

Written 16. November 2009

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