2. Aircraft

IWM Duxford

Ross and I had a superb day at the Imperial War Museum Duxford 20 odd years after our first visit. The sound of warbirds flying all day just added to the atmosphere. The vehicles in the Land Warfare building are in the Military Vehicles folder. 10/5/2022
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    The British Aircraft Corporation Strikemaster is essentially a Jet Provost mk5 on steroids!! It is a training and light strike aircraft powered by a single Rolls-Royce Viper turbojet. The mk 80A was supplied to the Saudi Air Force.
    The de Havilland DH.110 Sea Vixen is a British twin-engine, twin boom-tailed, two-seat, carrier-based fleet air-defence fighter flown by the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm during the 1950s through to the early 1970s. The Sea Vixen was designed by the de Havilland Aircraft Company during the late 1940s at its Hatfield aircraft factory in Hertfordshire, developed from the company's earlier first generation jet fighters. The Sea Vixen had the distinction of being the first British two-seat combat aircraft to achieve supersonic speed, albeit not in level flight. Operating from British aircraft carriers, it was used in combat over Tanganyika and over Yemen during the Aden Emergency. In 1972, the Sea Vixen was phased out in favour of the American-made McDonnell Douglas Phantom FG.1 interceptor. FAW.2 XS576 was first flown on 26th September 1964, and delivered to a holding unit at Brawdy the next month. She was then delivered to RNAY Fleetlands to be prepared for sea transport to Changi in Singapore, where she then joined 899 NAS on HMS Eagle in April 1965. She later moved to 893 NAS on HMS Victorious, then back to 899 NAS at Yeovilton in 1967. She spent time with NASU at Yeovilton too before finishing her service back with 899 NAS, being retired to storage at RNAY Belfast in March 1971. XS576 was then earmarked for preservation and flown to the Imperial War Museum, Duxford for display on 17th March 1972. Since then she has mostly been kept indoors, so retains her original paint scheme, which is in fairly good condition.
    Badly battle damaged bow section of the midget submarine X-7. Although the Germans raised the stern section of X-7 following the attack on the Tirpitz on 22 September 1943, they failed to find the remainder of the vessel. This was susequently found by a British Sub Aqua Club expedition during their search for the X-5 (not found) in 1974. The remains were relocated again in 1976 and raised from 160 feet of water, when they were confirmed as being those of X-7.