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Fleet Air Arm!!
"p.s. Wasn't aware that Dan Snow was a Lt Cdr in the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Air Force"
Basil, please!!!!! It is not "The Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Air Force". No, no, no! The Royal Navy has it`s own air assets. It is the Fleet [fleet??...something of a clue in the name, ie seagoing] Air Arm.
The Fleet Air Arm is part and parcel of the ROYAL NAVY.
"THEY SAY IN THE AIRFORCE, A LANDINGS OK
IF THE PILOT GETS OUT AND CAN STILL WALK AWAY
BUT IN THE FLEET AIR ARM THE PROSPECTS ARE DIM
IF THE LANDINGS` PISS POOR
AND THE PILOT CAN`T SWIM"
Basil, please!!!!! It is not "The Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Air Force". No, no, no! The Royal Navy has it`s own air assets. It is the Fleet [fleet??...something of a clue in the name, ie seagoing] Air Arm.
The Fleet Air Arm is part and parcel of the ROYAL NAVY.
"THEY SAY IN THE AIRFORCE, A LANDINGS OK
IF THE PILOT GETS OUT AND CAN STILL WALK AWAY
BUT IN THE FLEET AIR ARM THE PROSPECTS ARE DIM
IF THE LANDINGS` PISS POOR
AND THE PILOT CAN`T SWIM"
Just a wee bit of banter 
From Wiki:
On 1 April 1924, the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Air Force was formed, encompassing those RAF units that normally embarked on aircraft carriers and fighting ships.
On 24 May 1939 the Fleet Air Arm was returned to Admiralty control.
In the summer of 1940, the RAF had little more than 800 fighter pilots and as the Battle progressed the RAF shortage worsened. . . . . the RAF was forced to call upon the Admiralty for Fleet Air Arm assistance. . . . many of the unsung heroes of RAF Fighter Command were the Fleet Air Arm crews . . .
p.s. 1102 Just caught the flypast at Yeovilton on BBC1 TV.
From Wiki:
On 1 April 1924, the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Air Force was formed, encompassing those RAF units that normally embarked on aircraft carriers and fighting ships.
On 24 May 1939 the Fleet Air Arm was returned to Admiralty control.
In the summer of 1940, the RAF had little more than 800 fighter pilots and as the Battle progressed the RAF shortage worsened. . . . . the RAF was forced to call upon the Admiralty for Fleet Air Arm assistance. . . . many of the unsung heroes of RAF Fighter Command were the Fleet Air Arm crews . . .
p.s. 1102 Just caught the flypast at Yeovilton on BBC1 TV.
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Banter
Doh!
However, the RNHT/RNHF have done such a good job of promoting the flight and particularly the Swordfish [read out on yesterday`s news as an Em Kay 1 Swordfish] that I wrongly assumed Basil was a public reader, visiting the site getting his facts wrong. I forgot....banter.....been outside too long
However, the RNHT/RNHF have done such a good job of promoting the flight and particularly the Swordfish [read out on yesterday`s news as an Em Kay 1 Swordfish] that I wrongly assumed Basil was a public reader, visiting the site getting his facts wrong. I forgot....banter.....been outside too long
