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Aviation History
1960
1960 - 2311.PDF
PLIGHT, 14 October 1960 : copyright photographs by Ian Macdonald showing de Havilland Sea Vixen FAW.1 all-weather carrier-borne intercepters (two Rolls-Royce Avon) belonging to No 766B Sqn, Royal Navy, operating from HMS Victorious. The "B" in the squadron designation signifies that it is a training unit. The Sea Vixen in the five large pictures—XJ 520—was flown by Lt S. Idiens, with Lt P. T. Symons as observer. The pilot of the photographic Hunter T.8 was Lt P. P. Cardew. In the picture below XJ 520 is rippling eight 3in rockets. At left a Vixen of No 893 Sqn is seen at the moment of catapulting, with the bridle falling clear. A "bridle retriever" is now being used with the port catapult and can be glimpsed in the picture above. Chasing the She-Fox
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