| quick one to Task Force 57...remember babies-heads?
and to Lips Magee...remember the old AV-8B? My brother spent many years working on F4's and Sea Harriers, Buccaneers and Sea Vixens and Venoms, and that was just 'fixed-wing'... before the 'Crabs' (naval jargon for RAF personnel collectively)got their hands on the Phantoms and Buccaneers... and when Lossiemouth was HMS Fulmar, and before HMS Goldcrest became RAF Brawdy.
And there was our dear old Air Ministry saying that they didn't have a use for aircraft carriers...Lips...check out a book called 'Over the Falklands' By Lieut/Commander 'Sharkey' Ward RN, it's quite enlightening on the subject of Sea Harriers.
That's why I'm looking to build a model of one, in 899 Squadron RN Fleet Air Arm. Any makers out there? |