Mr T,
Whilst a lot of mine are slides or prints that have been scanned, the best result is to scan the original negatives, if you have them. The two Ark Royal photos are scanned from the negatives, with a CanoScan 5200F: easy to use, and good results
(and cheap to purchase: no excuse not to buy something similar!)
If all you have are old original prints, a good scanner followed by Photoshop or similar to remove scratches/cracks/fold lines. The sooner you digitise and store them, the better, since all prints and negatives decay with age. Like some of us, I guess
Here are a few more scanned from the negatives:
824NAS Sea Kings operating from Hermes: a very unhappy ship, with a Cdr who loathed aircrew. Not a good move on a carrier!
Cross decking with USS Independence, we slotted into the starboard wait with a couple of their SK's, who were more than happy to brush up on their formation skills. Lots of fun
