Aircraft Not Designed For But Operating From Aircraft Carriers

[cavuman1]

Is the membership able to cite other examples?
Carrier Ops With Unlikely Craft (https://www.19fortyfive.com/2022/05/meet-the-5-craziest-planes-that-tried-to-fly-from-an-aircraft-carrier/)

- Ed

[Sue Vêtements]

I'll take the starter for ten

B25

[NutLoose]

Bird Dog

https://cessnabirddog.org/2017/08/the-historic-birddog-carrier-landing-by-major-buang-ly/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZbKmtcf4G8

[134brat]

Prestwick Pioneers from Seletar visited the deck of HMS Centaur and (maybe) Eagle.

[Davef68]

AAC Beavers operated from carriers in the Middle and Far East in the 60s,

http://www.dhc-2.com/1489_XP824_Richard%20Grevatte-Ball_carrier%20flight_450.jpg

various types of Austers did the same earlier.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/Taylorcraft_Auster_landing_on_HMS_Ravager_A21295.jpg
The RN did the same with Tiger Moths

https://fft-keymilitary.b-cdn.net/sites/militarykey/files/styles/article_body/public/imported/2020-03-24/img_68-1_57.jpg?itok=37fQjm5m

Eric Brown flew both the Airacobra and Fiesler Storch on and off carriers.(The latter he landed ON the deck lift so it just needed wings folded and taken down)

[Davef68]

BN Islander

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EgsqOSSWkAAJNf9.jpg

[Crromwellman]

Prestwick Pioneers from Seletar visited the deck of HMS Centaur and (maybe) Eagle.
How about the Army Air Corps Beavers based in Aden

[cavuman1]

How 'bout good thing he snagged the fourth wire!
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/588x900/b52_carrier_ops_25a058544f56cb8290ffa0932c6c29e26a65dc62.jpg

- Ed ;)

[Herod]

Spitfires and Hurricanes. OK, off only, but. And don't forget the Hurricanes operating from the merchant ships, again off only.

[AlphaMikeTango]

Didn't the P-51D Mustang undergo carrier trials?

[MPN11]

Vampire … Winkle Brown

C-130?

[uxb99]

US Navy trialling X-Wing Snub nosed fighters from the USS Long Island.
https://www.navyhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/itUSUKX.jpg

[Ken Scott]

Spitfires and Hurricanes. OK, off only, but. And don't forget the Hurricanes operating from the merchant ships, again off only.

One Hurricane pilot having taken off the carrier for Ceylon had engine problems so landed back on, sans hook. Impressed the Navy chaps, apparently. I can’t remember his name but he was a 30 Sqn Sgt pilot as I recall.

[212man]

Spitfires and Hurricanes. OK, off only, but. And don't forget the Hurricanes operating from the merchant ships, again off only.
Well Seafire could land too

[KPax]

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/302x180/c130_a53b794793ee447da9dc64a2cc49ccf7137b0303.jpg

[Chugalug2]

One Hurricane pilot having taken off the carrier for Ceylon had engine problems so landed back on, sans hook. Impressed the Navy chaps, apparently. I can’t remember his name but he was a 30 Sqn Sgt pilot as I recall.
Sgt Whittaker was the 30 Sqn Hurricane pilot who landed safely back on HMS Indomitable sans arrester hook, following engine problems ATO on 20th March 1942. The aircraft, along with 19 other Hurricanes, had taken off from the carrier for Ratmalana, having been uncrated and assembled on board during the voyage. The reinforcement of Ceylon was just in time and the squadron played a vital role in repelling the anticipated attack by the Japanese Imperial Navy. Note that yet again the wily Japanese attacked on a Sunday, when of course the AD Radars were unmanned....

https://raf-waddington.com/history/ceylon2.html

[lightonthewater]

From memory, Eric Brown's book stated that he landed a DH Mosquito on a carrier (and took off again).

[pilotmike]

Dave Garrison completed a world microlighting first by making several take-offs and landings on HMS Illustrious, one of the Royal Navy's 'small' aircraft carriers, flying a Pegasus Q 462. This exercise in precision flying involved landing on a 'strip' barely wider than the Q's wingspan, lined with Sea Kings and Harriers and subject to the turbulence created by the bow wave.
https://www.bmaa.org/the-bmaa/bmaa-history/bmaa-history-1989
https://www.bmaa.org/images/bmaa-history-1989-deck-landing-7sjf9y.jpg

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/400x300/takeoff_20illustrious_3c7a4512f0cc6a9c923ec0063d4440a5226f68 b2.jpg

[sunnybunny]

Well Seafire could land too
didn’t some hurricanes land on HMS glorious when being evacuated from Norway?

[Less Hair]

The U-2 did.
U-2 carrier ops

[Senior Pilot]

Already mentioned, but the B25 Mitchells were a famous early use of non-carrier aircraft 👍

https://youtu.be/NPGq7IYQHCM

Then there are just about every helicopter pressed into carrier ops through until the late 50s, and many beyond that. No ‘carrier’ design needed!

All the early P1127 and Harrier carrier landings were non-carrier design, which proves the concept ‘better to stop then land than to land, then stop’ 🤔😇

[Ascend Charlie]

There is an apocryphal tale of a Neptune on patrol, spots a US carrier and decides to fly a circuit to it.

On final, pilots see a bulldozer pushing a jet off the deck to allow the Neptune, obviously in a dire emergency, to land.

Power up, gear up, get the heck out of Dodge...

[SpazSinbad]

Vampire … Winkle Brown & C-130?
Eric 'Winkle' Brown made the first pure jet carrier arrest in a SEA Vampire with a hook - designed for such evolutions. The C-130 was 'specially modified to make the unarrested deck landings with painted on the stbd side under cockpit window so FLYCO could see it: LOOK MA NO HOOK.

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1628x1050/seavampiredecklandadvice_a85992492605abb9f6e74a3c9fe82976d0e f47f3.gif

[typerated]

didn’t some hurricanes land on HMS glorious when being evacuated from Norway?

Yes, they had sandbags in the tail to allow full braking on landing - I think these were the first monoplane fighters landed on a carrier without a hook.
Also Gladiators came aboard
Shortly after Glorious was sunk by Scharnhorst and Gneisenau (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_battleship_Gneisenau) - sinking and lack of rescue for many survivors was a SNAFU

[chevvron]

From Jan 1940 to the Aug 1942, some 670 Hurricanes and Spitfires flew off carriers in the Mediterranean en-route to Malta.
There were also some trials carried out after WW2 regarding the operation of small gliders on carriers but these were tethered.

[megan]

There was at least one Spitfire flown off a carrier bound for Malta who found his drop tank wouldn't feed, landed back on successfully.Didn't the P-51D Mustang undergo carrier trialsYes.


https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/700x402/p_51_8fd47344491dcc031987aeb816d78816c09b7da7.jpg

[JagRigger]

Link here to a float equiped Swordfish landing on a carrier deck:

https://navywings.org.uk/portfolio/floatplane-on-a-carrier/

[NutLoose]

From memory, Eric Brown's book stated that he landed a DH Mosquito on a carrier (and took off again).

Yes and his boss hadn't expected to see him again, so was surprised when he returned.

Don't forget the not so mighty Jag, though it was envisaged to use it as a carrier borne aircraft.

[NutLoose]

Does the Sea Vampire minus the U/C count?

https://www.reddit.com/r/aviation/comments/davvrg/de_havilland_sea_vampire_lands_without_an/

[Not_a_boffin]

https://www.raf.mod.uk/sites/raf-beta/assets/Image/A%20Main%20RAF%20News%20Imagery/4%20-%20ODI-20210505-0181-064.jpg

[SpazSinbad]

GIF: https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/naval-aviation-history/naval-aviation-news/back-issues/1940/1949.html

de Havilland F.20 Sea Vampire Flexible Rubber Deck Arrest Test

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhUQS9tRSbU
https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1627x1050/wheelienojetcv_8cadaa9b76e69b22c519fdfa62cfecc10e8b76e7.gif

[layman]

A P-47 Thunderbolt is pushed into position for take-off from the USS Manila Bay, Saipan, Marianas Islands, June 23, 1944 : WWIIplanes (reddit.com) (https://www.reddit.com/r/WWIIplanes/comments/4kzt3h/a_p47_thunderbolt_is_pushed_into_position_for/)

Photos of them on the flight deck.

On 23 June, Manila Bay came under enemy air attack during refueling operations east of Saipan. Four Aichi D3A Val dive bombers attacked her from dead ahead, dropping their bombs which exploded wide to port. As a precautionary and rather unusual move which Raymond A. Spruance later characterized as "commendable initiative", Manila Bay launched four of the P-47 thunderbolts she was ferrying to fly protective CAP until radar screens were clear of contacts. The Army fighters then flew to Saipan, their intended destination.

[Martin the Martian]

I seem to recall seeing footage of a Walrus or Sea Otter with wheels operating from a deck.

[SpazSinbad]

I seem to recall seeing footage of a Walrus or Sea Otter with wheels operating from a deck.
https://www.faaaa.asn.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Slipstream-SEPT-2017.pdf ". A Sea Otter landing on the flight deck of HMAS Sydney in the Jervis Bay Area early 1950"
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1624x929/seaottersydneyjb1950_d42354f09d39167c0ecaf39e4f820e666a72bcd 1.jpg

[Davef68]

There is an apocryphal tale of a Neptune on patrol, spots a US carrier and decides to fly a circuit to it.

On final, pilots see a bulldozer pushing a jet off the deck to allow the Neptune, obviously in a dire emergency, to land.

Power up, gear up, get the heck out of Dodge...

Reminds me, the USN did fly Neptunes from carriers

https://www.scramble.nl/military-news/images-of-the-past-nuclear-neptunes


https://fireaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/P2V-3_CVB-41_launch_1949.jpg

[Planet Basher]

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/300x201/intrepid_300x201_300x201_2c5735a75585e8c1b953da81d43894c885c 6795d.jpg

[ericferret]

There is an apocryphal tale of a Neptune on patrol, spots a US carrier and decides to fly a circuit to it.

On final, pilots see a bulldozer pushing a jet off the deck to allow the Neptune, obviously in a dire emergency, to land.

Power up, gear up, get the heck out of Dodge...


The tower at Soest gave landing instructions to a passing Lightning who obliged by doing a wheels down approach to the 800m grass strip.
Then poured on the power and disappeared into the wide blue yonder. Circa 1975.

[renfrew]

I remember a nice story in a book by a Beaver pilot.
Flying the local General back from Ethiopia to Aden a carrier appeared below.
The General apparently knew the Admiral and invited himself on board for tea.
Unfortunately our author forgot to tell ATC resulting in panic over a missing Beaver.

[chevvron]

GIF: https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/naval-aviation-history/naval-aviation-news/back-issues/1940/1949.html

de Havilland F.20 Sea Vampire Flexible Rubber Deck Arrest Test

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhUQS9tRSbU
https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1627x1050/wheelienojetcv_8cadaa9b76e69b22c519fdfa62cfecc10e8b76e7.gif
The concrete foundation for the rubber landing deck is still in situ at Farnborough right outside the control tower and next to the DME installation..

[hoodie]

I remember a nice story in a book by a Beaver pilot.
Flying the local General back from Ethiopia to Aden a carrier appeared below.
...
Reckon that was Think Like a Bird by Alex Kimball.

Absolutely wonderful book. :-)

[sycamore]

Anybody any idea what was the last piston-engined aircraft to `take the wire` on a British carrier,and when...? and take-off...?

[WB627]

Anybody any idea what was the last piston-engined aircraft to `take the wire` on a British carrier,and when...? and take-off...?

My guess would be Douglas Skyraider AEW.1

Although a Whirlwind HAS 7 or HAR 7 might have been the last piston engine to land on a deck, no hook involved.

[SASless]

This video would give rise to some claims.....piston powered aircraft making an arrested landing without a Tail Hook.....some real precision flying but I am not sure it would be considered "Hi-stress" by modern standards.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIpdPg4V0zk

[MPN11]

Wow ... COD, the early days!

"Mail Call"

[Haraka]

Ken Wallis flew his autogiro off the back of the Isle of White ferry as a demo....:)
I tried to get the concept across of autogiros flying off and on fast patrol boats in littoral temperate waters ( e.g Gulf, Far East ) .The idea being that they could extend the boat's visual range and engage targets (smugglers etc.) with diversive weaponry whilst the boat caught up.

RN rep.. of course kept blindly trotting out "Winter North Atlantic" as a mantra ...............

[brokenlink]

They did, and without the benefit of hooks.

[SASless]

Similar to this done by the German Navy during WWII?




https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1406x1056/u_boat_helicopter_31c8e5bc4ef76d10ac39b0fd9909985db001a859.j pg

[Haraka]

The Focke Achgelis Bachstelze rotor kite was unpowered and towed on a cable aloft behind a U Boat to provide an increased circle of vision. I was surprised how many survived the War . Ken Wallis was certainly well familiar with the type.!

[treadigraph]

I believe the Tiger Club hatched a plan to try and land a couple of Turbulents on a carrier in the '60s or early '70s - think it may have been with the connivance of Pete Sheppard - but Their Warships said no...

[Union Jack]

The Focke Achgelis Bachstelze rotor kite was unpowered and towed on a cable aloft behind a U Boat to provide an increased circle of vision. I was surprised how many survived the War . Ken Wallis was certainly well familiar with the type.!
Looks more Nike than Kriegsmarine.....:suspect:​​​​​​

Jack

[VX275]

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/760x571/carrier_cd9ddd4c9c9e869690aa61ac27fb1e29b0b2a1a7.jpg
RAF Calshot couldn't find a U boat for the AFEE trials of the Fa 330.

[Davef68]

Anybody any idea what was the last piston-engined aircraft to `take the wire` on a British carrier,and when...? and take-off...?

I'd guess Grumman Trader from Ark Royal in 1972, unless someone knows of a later Trader/Tracker operation

https://flic.kr/p/a36kTp

[sycamore]

Davef68,thanks for that,and ,as I had forgotten about `cross-dressers,sorry cross-deckers`,I should actually have narrowed it a bit to `British,single-engine piston...etc...apologies for that...

[sandiego89]

I'd guess Grumman Trader from Ark Royal in 1972, unless someone knows of a later Trader/Tracker operation



Speaking of cross decking, I am aware of the UK and US forces doing so but did the Canadians and Dutch do much cross decking with the UK Aircraft carriers before they got out of the fixed wing carrier game? Argentina? (before 1992 obviously)- I am aware John Farley demonstrated G-VTOL or another Harrier on the 25 de Mayo on its way south after being sold.

[albatross]

Didn’t the Americans operate artillery spotting Piper Cubs / Taylorcraft off of LSTs fitted with a rudimentary flight deck during WW2?
EDITED “Reference found” https://laststandonzombieisland.com/2014/05/31/the-saga-of-the-seasick-us-army-piper-cubs-on-the-navys-smallest-aircraft-carriers/

[LTCTerry]

From memory, Eric Brown's book stated that he landed a DH Mosquito on a carrier (and took off again).
And/or a Hornet.

[Union Jack]

Speaking of cross decking, I am aware of the UK and US forces doing so but did the Canadians and Dutch do much cross decking with the UK Aircraft carriers before they got out of the fixed wing carrier game? Argentina? (before 1992 obviously)- I am aware John Farley demonstrated G-VTOL or another Harrier on the 25 de Mayo on its way south after being sold.

Even earlier than that, I suggest.

Jack

[Davef68]

I am aware John Farley demonstrated G-VTOL or another Harrier on the 25 de Mayo on its way south after being sold.

Too early for G-VTOL - RAF GR1 XV757 in 1969

https://scontent-lhr8-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.15752-9/278287282_671459500746478_927615484490876820_n.jpg?_nc_cat=1 04&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=ae9488&_nc_ohc=oy_LJ_2VCY8AX_cfaUr&_nc_ht=scontent-lhr8-2.xx&oh=03_AVIT7T5v3flFLt46jQ1tyrcjEV5jWim14zyDnxyqCyQ7dA&oe=62BBF239

[MAINJAFAD]

Ken Wallis flew his autogiro off the back of the Isle of White ferry as a demo....:)
I tried to get the concept across of autogiros flying off and on fast patrol boats in littoral temperate waters ( e.g Gulf, Far East ) .The idea being that they could extend the boat's visual range and engage targets (smugglers etc.) with diversive weaponry whilst the boat caught up.

RN rep.. of course kept blindly trotting out "Winter North Atlantic" as a mantra ...............

Autogyros were trialed off an RN ship in 1942.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjRYdQUTitw

[Bagheera S]

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/450x361/a4891dcb_5d2e_4def_8b67_1cc03002e09b_1175e35c996aebbc14f8645 4f77a23db5bc520cc.jpeg
Ok it did have a specially modified landing gear and hook.

[SpazSinbad]

Nice photo. 2 page PDF has two poor quality photos and this: “Following deck handling trials with a Meteor prototype in 1945, two [or one?] Meteor IIIs were fitted with an arresting hook and reinforced landing gear, and used for carrier trials in 1948. The two aircraft performed takeoffs & landings from HMS ILLUSTRIOUS and HMS IMPLACABLE. The Royal Navy was impressed by the navalized Meteor, but decided to obtain the Supermarine Attacker instead.” What If Modelers ? Best Modeling Forum and Resources (http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php?topic=10677.0)

2 page PDF of RAAF 77 Squadron METEORS being returned to Oz via then HMAS Vengeance Oct 1954

[albatross]

Just watched a documentary of “Operation High Jump” on the US PBS Channel “NOVA” program of the 1946 Byrd expedition to the antarctic.
They flew 6 R4D / C-47 / DC-3 equipped with RATO and wheel Skis off of the carrier USS Philippine Sea. ( 1 take off only ).
Other aircraft used included helicopters, Norseman ski-planes and Martin Mariner flying boats.
Anyhow an interesting film.
https://youtu.be/E9chz8COYVc

[chopper2004]

how about Embraer Phenom?

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/i-bet-youve-never-seen-a-private-jet-fly-an-approach-to-a-supercarrier-before?fbclid=IwAR39mnXk5fudGDKtqA0DYoLzRWwmfhdgrotoSjwr_DGJ 4gsyO7RW9oxMB6w&fs=e&s=cl

It was for TG Maverick


https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/960x504/1eb1d2e2_9dbe_41c1_ad66_9de15a1a80f9_5a15cfc0391d62cc1d1c2ae 06649dfcb354b4d67.jpeg
https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/960x554/06e24702_db39_41a8_bb60_ca37054a5eb9_db8bdc8b007e0855efb4b27 8a7fbb9bff1995a48.jpeg

cheers

[chevvron]

From Jan 1940 to the Aug 1942, some 670 Hurricanes and Spitfires flew off carriers in the Mediterranean en-route to Malta.
There were also some trials carried out after WW2 regarding the operation of small gliders on carriers but these were tethered.
The glider trials I mentioned above were conducted I think by Lt Cdr John Sproule; there were one or two articles about them in 'Aeroplane Monthly' in the 70s or 80s.

[Davef68]

how about Embraer Phenom?



I hope Ascent don't get any ideas.....

I have heard tales of Lightnings and a Vulcan doing practice approaches on RN Carriers, but nothing that low!

[SpazSinbad]

An F-14 Tomcat in late 1970s carried out a late wave-off approach to HMAS Melbourne [light fleet carrier] (with permission from FLYco & LSOs during/after a RIMPAC). Pics to follow....
https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1550x1050/f_14tomcatlatewaveoffmelbourne_75b86ed01ffbc74232b27867ca2ac 6938d5d94c1.jpg

[beardy]

I recall being told by a F104 pilot that approaches (fully configured) had been made to the Kiev when it was in the Baltic.

[mike1964]

https://www.freightdogmodels.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/naval_courier_3_.jpg
HS125 was proposed as a COD aircraft for the (cancelled) RN 1960s future carriers

[PEI_3721]

125, the BAe146 also; the USN carrier suitability group evaluated a 146 at PAX for the COD role.

The aircraft was flown with similar techniques as those for commercial steep approaches, but with a flare and landing target of 4ft sec +/-.

Unfortunately the aircraft was not evaluated at sea; the airfield, dummy deck evaluation was interesting.

[BEagle]

One of our QFIs at Valley had been an RN 'Vixen pilot in previous years. On one 'KELTEX' against a carrier, he made a low approach and go-around....

....in a Gnat. Mind you, way back when there'd actually been some serious proposal to evaluate the Gnat for carrier operations - presumably the single seat version?

[Haraka]

Hi Beags,
Indeed a Naval Verion of the "Big Wing" final growth Mk 4 (Mach 1.5") was schemed. Primarily as a single seater apparently.....

[albatross]

HUMOUR
https://youtu.be/zgYGbR8f1PA
Humour Over.

[SpazSinbad]

The Central lntelligence Agency and Overhead Reconnaissance: The U-2 and OXCART Programs, 1954-1974
https://www.docdroid.com/xbtfrRa/the-u-2-and-oxcart-1954-1974-pdf (66Mb)
“...There was never another Agency U-2 mission from an aircraft carrier. Although the idea of using a floating airbase to avoid political sensitivity proved feasible, the cost did not. Aircraft carriers are enormously expensive to operate and require an entire flotilla of vessels to protect and service them. The movement of large numbers of big ships is difficult to conceal and cannot be hastily accomplished, while the deployment of a solitary U-2 to a remote airfield can take place
overnight.”

[WB627]

HUMOUR
https://youtu.be/zgYGbR8f1PA
Humour Over.

Looks like someone took that idea and ran with it........ Good call IMHO

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1100x540/navyt_45_68a9727a2aa1917d6f8e1a6ff992f380cd67a030.jpg

[megan]

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1000x744/uzpsyg1kxw811_fe9a29f988722e9fdaaa2ca337046d278aa29a82.jpg

P-47D flown off carriers Manila Bay and Natoma Bay to the Marianas


https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/800x400/1656378341_98b75cd2313d693ebc4bc65484364c8a4fc6e636.jpeg

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/800x400/1656378559_4b6e3d09ce3ed2729be721e5625ad6968a4f0672.png

[melmothtw]

Looks like someone took that idea and ran with it........ Good call IMHO

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1100x540/navyt_45_68a9727a2aa1917d6f8e1a6ff992f380cd67a030.jpg

But the Goshawk was designed to operate from carriers.

[Lonewolf_50]

And it's still doing it. :)

[MPN11]

Huzzah for a British jet trainer, subsequently modified for the use of the USN.

[WB627]

Huzzah for a British jet trainer, subsequently modified for the use of the USN.

Which was exactly my point as the Hawk was the successor to the Gnat :ok:

[skridlov]

I'm very happy to see so many mentions of Eric Brown in this thread having just read his book - although I have been aware of his incredible record for many years. Astonishing man and surely a candidate for the greatest pilot of all time. The book "Wings on my sleeve" is a little dry but contains some very sly and self effacing humour. It would be good to see the UK erect a statue in his memory.

[SpazSinbad]

... It would be good to see the UK erect a statue in his memory.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-5909265/Prince-Andrew-unveils-new-statue-Captain-Eric-Winkle-Brown.html
Edinburgh Airport has a life sized statue unveiled 02 Jul 2018. 3 page PDF attached has the story.

PHOTO: https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/07/02/13/4DD78FC500000578-5909265-image-a-23_1530535780189.jpg
https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/634x950/4dd78fc500000578_5909265_image_a_23_1530535780189_7c57f1cc48 b8c60771e1c54bfd2e837e672cddfe.jpg
https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1631x1050/winklebrownmemorialstatueedinburghairport_30a724a97cd84d4f8e 09920ad0b1d942736b4d5d.jpg

[Davef68]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-5909265/Prince-Andrew-unveils-new-statue-Captain-Eric-Winkle-Brown.html
Edinburgh Airport has a life sized statue unveiled 02 Jul 2018. 3 page PDF attached has the story.


The statue has been moved recently (in the last 2 years) - it's now next to the new taxi rank at the eastern end of the airport plaza, sadly a much less prominent position than it's original location. Most passengers are unlikely to see it now.

[Three Wire]

No it was off the USS Enterprise in 1976 Kangaroo II. That is VC724 A4 and that is the only time in the 70s VC724 went to sea.

[622]

Not the first time HRH Andy has uncovered a winkle in front of minors......





(allegedly!)

[Geordie_Expat]

Not the first time HRH Andy has uncovered a winkle in front of minors......





(allegedly!)
Oh, do grow up.

[kit344]

I'm not sure if this qualifies

https://www.forces.net/news/unauthorised-drone-lands-hms-queen-elizabeth