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Boscombe Down Initial Deck Trials.

Found 12 Items

Hangar Maintainance. HMS Eagle.
Archive: Dick Searles Observer. Flight Test Team Member.
Flight Test Team Mission Complete.
HMS Eagle. Archive: Dick Searles Observer. Flight Test Team Member.
F4k Land On. HMS Eagle.
Archive: Dick Searles Observer. Flight Test Team Member.
Winding up to full power for the Catapult Launch
HMS Eagle. Archive: Dick Searles Observer. Flight Test Team Member.
On Tension about to fire the catapult.
Archive: Dick Searles Observer. Flight Test Team Member. Note there are no Water Cooled Jet Blast Deflectors fitted to HMS Eagle as later fitted to HMS Ark Royal.
Flight Deck Maintainance
HMS Eagle. Archive: Dick Searles Observer. Flight Test Team Member.
Land On HMS Eagle.
Archive: Dick Searles Observer. Flight Test Team Member.
In the Hangar HMS Eagle.
Archive: Dick Searles Observer. Flight Test Team Member.
Fully extended Nose Gear for the Catapult Launch
HMS Eagle. Archive: Dick Searles Observer. Flight Test Team Member.
A view from the Forward Lift.
HMS Eagle. Archive: Dick Searles Observer. Flight Test Team Member.
Launched from the Waist Catapult HMS Eagle.
Archive: Dick Searles Observer. Flight Test Team Member.
Mission Complete
Cdr (P) Fred Hefford RN (Right) and LT.(O) Trevor Ling RN (Left). Archive: Dick Searles Observer (Flight Test Team Member).