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A De Havilland Sea Vixen D.3 (s/n XP924, G-CVIX) at the 2009 Yeovilton Air Show. The aircraft is painted as a Sea Vixen FAW.2 of 899 Naval Air Squadron which was assigned to the aircraft carrier HMS Eagle (R05) from 1964 to 1972. Detail from ‘Moment of Truth’ by Robert Tomlin. The Royal Navy initially […]

Throughout the year of 1946 Air Ministry interest in the Spiteful continued to wane until December when the order was cancelled. As the laminar flow wing was also being used on the Attacker jet fighter for the Royal Navy, test flying continued for a time but all remaining Spiteful aircraft were sold for scrap in […]