The Fairey gannet was always a favourite aeroplane of mine when young as it was so huge for what appeared to be a three seater single engined plane with contra rotating propellers. I soon read that it had a twin engine, but had never seen one until yesterday when I revisited old RAF Gatow, the Luftwaffen Museum. There has always been a static Gannet on display, but in one of the hangers was a new exhibit, the twin engine Mamba. I hope that it is of interest to othe like minded members. Thunder & Lightnings - Fairey Gannet - History Warbird Alley: Fairey Gannet For anyone interested here is the website and you can see what the museum offers. Foerderverein des Luftwaffenmuseums der Bundeswehr Berlin Gatow - Das Museum Regards Tom
It looked even bigger when landing on a light fleet carrier - aka HMAS Sydney without any deck angling, then had to get the aircraft down fast and in the right spot or else the barrier looked quite quickly. First class pilots those blokes David
The Australian and Germans really liked these machines so that speaks volumes for the planes performance. Regards Tom
Thanks for share these informations......It's very curious these aircrafts, a show of the continuous advance in the aeronautical technic development..... Do you see these link and photo? In German Navy service: Marinefliegergeschwader 3 Jan.
Thanks for share these informations......It's very curious these aircrafts, a show of the continuous advance in the aeronautical technic development..... Do you see these link and photo? In German Navy service: Marinefliegergeschwader 3 Jan. Jan, Thanks for the link. I have only seen the photo of the German Gannets, before and not the website. Thanks. Regards Tom
Tom, Please forgive an old mind. I stuffed it. Gannets were on the Melbourne not the Sydney. Sydney carried Fireflies and, I think, Sea Furies. A marvellous aircraft, there is one in the AWM. David
Whilst at the museum I took some other museum fliers, one of which is called Aeronauticum and is a museum dedicated to Airships and naval aviation. They also have a Fairey Gannet exhibit Google Translate It looks an interesting museum and I would like to visit when next in the area. Regards Tom
Jan, Thanks for the link. I have only seen the photo of the German Gannets, before and not the website. Thanks. Regards Tom You are wellcome, Tom!.....It's one of my hobbies, the search in the web.... And by adding/recopilating new pages to my Favourites of my interest, in numerous themes, I choose in each new ocassion, the most convenient in a quick seek. For eixample: Displaying a total of 196 photos matching your criteria ordered by......in Airliners.Net Jan.
From my neighbour who was holdback man on Eagle Thanks, Kfz and your kind neighbour for share with us these photos! Very interesting. What is the epoch in was taken? The photos in the upper zone seems taken from footage film. Jan.
