Wonderful bit of footage, you can almost smell the Avcat
Originally Posted by airborne_artist
The youngest pilot who was RN catapult/carrier-deck qual'd would now be about 55 years old, is my guess.
ISTR that 142 was the last FW course, through Linton on Ouse in 1968. Des Worsley (Buccaneers) would have been the youngest, and he's about 60 years young now
Although They did allow light blue drivers to play with our toys later into the 70's, so one or three may be in their mid 50's now
Originally Posted by Lyneham Lad
The recovery sequences were also impressive - down, hook-up, wings fold and onto the lift all in a few seconds.
Into Fly 1: the lifts sort of got in the way of the next recovery
