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Help wanted - Sea Vixen FAW2 & Wessex 1 crash - 1967
On 23rd January and 3rd February 1967 two catastrophic accidents occurred on HMS Hermes in the Mediterranean during which two Sea Vixen FAW2 and one Wessex 1 were lost.
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FOXY LADY GROUNDED AS REPAIRS TO VINTAGE SEA VIXEN FIGHTER HALTED
The world’s last flying Sea Vixen fighter has taken to the skies for the last time after custodians abandoned restoration plans.
COMMANDO WILDCATS STRIKE DURING LIVE WEAPONS SHOOT IN SCOTLAND
Commando fliers hit the ranges in Scotland to ‘lay down some lead’ and call in air strikes.
William St C Reid
Died October 2020
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NAVAL PILOT LEWIS MAKES HISTORY EARNING WINGS ON NEW TRAINER
The first naval aviator has earned his Wings on the military’s new fast jet trainer.
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