A Royal Navy Westland Sea King ASAC7 helicopter in a flypast at RNAS Yeovilton.
A Royal Navy Westland Sea King ASAC7 helicopter flown as part of a flypast to celebrate the life of former test pilot Eric 'Winkle' Brown at RNAS Yeovilton in Somerset. He performed the first landing of a jet aircraft on a carrier, the de Havilland Sea Vampire on the carrier Ocean on December 3 1945. When he reported, however, that only pilots of exceptional skill like himself would be able to repeat the operation safely, the Admiralty immediately ordered repeat trails by others which were also carried out safely.
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Location: RNAS Yeovilton Somerset England United Kingdom
Photo credit: © Jada Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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