Preserved RN de Havilland Sea Vixen jet aircraft flying at the 2015 Yeovilton Air Show
The de Havilland Sea Vixen was a twin boom, twin-engined 1950s–60s British two-seat jet fighter of the Fleet Air Arm designed by de Havilland at Hatfield, Hertfordshire. Developed from an earlier first generation jet fighter, the Sea Vixen was a capable carrier-based fleet defence fighter that served into the 1970s. Initially produced by de Havilland it was later known as the Hawker Siddeley Sea Vixen after de Havilland became a part of the Hawker Siddeley Group in 1960. This single example, known colloquially as "Foxy Lady", remains airworthy and is displayed regularly at airshows in the UK. Sea Vixen G-CVIX, the former XP924, was registered until 2014 to DS Aviation (UK) at Bournemouth Airport, Dorset. It has a display of registration mark exemption to fly in its original Royal Navy markings as "XP924" coded "134". It originally flew with 899 Naval Air Squadron Fleet Air Arm as "134" from November 1968 until 1970 from the aircraft carrier HMS Eagle. The ownership of XP924 transferred to the Fly Navy Heritage Trust with a formal donation ceremony at RNAS Yeovilton on 16 September 2014. The Sea Vixen will in future be maintained and operated from Yeovilton by Naval Aviation Ltd., a subsidiary of Fly Navy Heritage Trust.
Size: 3197px × 4000px
Location: RNAS Yeovilton, Yeovil, Somerset, UK
Photo credit: © Niall Ferguson / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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