Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovilton

[nuuumannn]

This place needs no introduction to history buffs. Some images taken in 2018.

Bristol Scout reproduction built by the Late Leo Opdyke.

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BAC.221 nee Fairey Delta 2 WG774.

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Sea Harrier FRS.1 XZ493.

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HP.115 XP841.

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Blackburn Baby N2078.

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Supermarine Walrus I L2301.

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Fairey Fulmar II N1854.

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Blackburn Skua diorama.

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Corsair IV KD431.

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Seafire XVII SX137.

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Sea Vampire F.1 LZ551/G.

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Attacker F.1 WA473.

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Yeovilton Gate Guard Sea Harrier FA.2 ZD578.

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More images here:

www.flickr.com/photos/147661871@N04/albums/72177720295571839/page1

Thanks for looking.

[ZacYates]

Great shots Grant! Definitely one for my Must Visit list.

I don't know why but I'm always drawn to the Attacker. It looks so good to me.

[planecrazy]

Great pic's Nuuumann, looks like a great museum with a broad collection.

That Attacker is an interesting machine, you really can see the transition from
prop driven tail draggers to jets with tricycle gear. Got me thinking, there
weren't that many tail dragger jets, some early 262s anyone got any more?

[Brett]

there weren't that many tail dragger jets, some early 262s anyone got any more?

Concorde.

[nuuumannn]

Dec 30, 2021 13:59:08 GMT 12 planecrazy said:

there weren't that many tail dragger jets, some early 262s anyone got any more?

This?

Gatow 179

Or maybe this?

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And then there was this, derived from the Attacker.

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[nuuumannn]

Dec 30, 2021 13:46:20 GMT 12 ZacYates said:

Great shots Grant! Definitely one for my Must Visit list.

I don't know why but I'm always drawn to the Attacker. It looks so good to me.

Yeah, it's a curiosity, definitely a stop gap solution and swiftly overtaken in performance by the MiG-15 that debuted a year earlier and demonstrated superior performance with essentially what was the same engine. Apparently it was a bit of a pig to fly. Sadly it left little impact and gradually morphed into something that had an even worse reputation...

NAM 73

[camtech]

A huge leap from when I visited in 1976! Must see if I can find the slides from that era.

[ZacYates]

Dec 30, 2021 17:14:44 GMT 12 nuuumannn said:

Dec 30, 2021 13:59:08 GMT 12 planecrazy said:

there weren't that many tail dragger jets, some early 262s anyone got any more?

This?

Gatow 179

Not a jet!

Dec 30, 2021 17:14:44 GMT 12 nuuumannn said:

Or maybe this?

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Beaching wheels!

My go-to jet taildragger is the Yak-15 (link). I really like them.

Anyway, back to Yeovilton!

[nuuumannn]

Dec 31, 2021 16:20:37 GMT 12 ZacYates said:

Not a jet!

Beaching wheels!

My go-to jet taildragger is the Yak-15 (link). I really like them.

Anyway, back to Yeovilton!

Correction, not a gas turbine, but rocket powered aeroplanes/aircraft still use jet propulsion for thrust, so this...

Bereznyak-Isayev Bi-1 reproduction 001


Yes, beaching gear, but no comment on Brett's Concorde tail wheel??? Double standards, Zac

Yes to the Yak! Forgot about those, good call. I have a photo of one I took during a visit to the deepest darkest East many years ago, but I can't find it...

[ZacYates]

Jan 1, 2022 12:59:47 GMT 12 nuuumannn said:

but no comment on Brett's Concorde tail wheel??? Double standards, Zac

That was an oversight on my part