That unique civilian Hornet was a Sea Hornet which was shipped to Canada in 1948 for winterisation trials and when they were completed it was sold to Spartan Air Services for photo survey work. Spartan, who operated a fleet of photo Mosquitos, later sold it to Field Aircraft Services, but it didn't last long. After an engine fire-induced forced landing in July 1952 it was scrapped due to lack of spares. It was 806 NAS — the official Fleet Air Arm display team at the time — which developed the single-engine and both-feathered aerobatic routines with their Sea Hornet F.20s. Some reports of their visit to the USA in the summer of 1948 say that they performed formation set pieces with feathered props at New York's Idlewild Airport. What a sight that must have been!