Bit of thread drift but still on the subject of Fleet Air Arm, I can clearly recall a Fairey Firefly taking off from LHR in the early 1970s . I have some notion that it was freighted in , assembled and flown out but not sure. Iwas wondering if thatwas the only time an FAA aircraft came to Heathrow. Iwas playing either football or cricket at the time in the recreation ground at Long lane just south of LHR , it was of course a very unusual and loud noise and being a former spotter it got my immediate attention . To this day one of the odder aircraft I saw at Heathrow perhaps only bettered by a Hornet Moth and Leopard Moth landing together in the late 60s.