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Buccaneer S.2 with wings folding, a space-saving feature typically employed by carrier aircraft. Blackburn's first attempt to sell the Buccaneer to the Royal Air Force (RAF) occurred in 1957–1958, in response to the Air Ministry Operational Requirement OR.339, for a replacement for the RAF's English Electric Canberra light bombers, with supersonic speed, and a 1,000-nautical-mile (1,900 km ...
809 NAS re-formed on 15 January 1963 as the second frontline Blackburn Buccaneer S.1 squadron (after 801 NAS), using aircraft and crews from the recently disbanded 700Z NAS (the Buccaneer S.1 trials and training unit) under the command of 700Z's commanding officer, Commander 'Spiv' Leahy. The squadron was tasked with continuing 700Z's duties ...
The Blackburn Buccaneer is a British low-level attack aircraft that served with the Royal Navy (RN) and Royal Air Force (RAF) between 1962 and 1994, and the South African Air Force (SAAF) until 1991. Three former Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE) aircraft remain airworthy in South Africa, and one is being restored to flight status in the ...
The squadron re-equipped with the Blackburn Skua in November 1938 and took these aboard HMS Ark Royal. The Skua was a dive bomber with a secondary fighter role to allow the destruction or driving-off of enemy reconnaissance aircraft. [1] In 1939, 800 Squadron was flying primarily Blackburn B-24 Skuas and a few Blackburn Rocs from Ark Royal.
This was achieved when 803 Squadron subsumed 800 NAS (which was due to re-equip with the Blackburn Buccaneer S.1). 803 Squadron was again disbanded on 1 October 1966. The squadron's Scimitars were transferred to RNAS Brawdy, Pembrokeshire. There, they were overhauled, before flying [vague] to Airwork, at Hurn. Subsequently, many appeared went ...
No. 801 Naval Air Squadron Blackburn Buccaneer Re-formed 17 July 1962 27 May 1965 Disbanded FAA No. 809 Naval Air Squadron Blackburn Buccaneer Former 700Z NAS 15 January 1963 26 March 1965 Re-designated 736 NAS FAA No. 800 Naval Air Squadron Blackburn Buccaneer Re-formed 18 March 1964 23 February 1972 Disbanded FAA No. 800B Naval Air Squadron
In 1959, after a series of flying courses, he was posted to Ferranti Ltd. to assist in test flying the weapon system for the Blackburn Buccaneer Mk 1 finally joining 700 Naval Air Squadron's Z Flight, the Intensive Flying Trials Unit. 700 Naval Air Squadron (700 NAS) is an experimental test squadron in the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm.
No. 41 Squadron RAF; No. 54 Squadron RAF; Blackburn Buccaneer [2] No. 12 Squadron RAF; No. 208 Squadron RAF; Hawker Siddeley Nimrod [2] No. 42 Squadron RAF; No. 120 Squadron RAF; No. 201 Squadron RAF; No. 206 Squadron RAF; Lockheed C-130 Hercules [2] No. 24 Squadron RAF; No. 30 Squadron RAF; No. 47 Squadron RAF; No. 70 Squadron RAF; Handley ...