Gannet - Sweat Shirt Colour:Dark Grey North American XB-70 Valkyrie

North American XB-70 Valkyrie

The Tweet was eventually replaced by the Beechcraft T-6 Texan II

Saturn V SA-506

In 1963 the company was merged into Hawker Siddeley

Chris is a regular contributor to aviation publications such as Aeroplane and Mortons Media

Gannet - Sweat Shirt Colour:Dark Grey North American XB-70 ValkyrieFairey Gannet The Gannet first flew in 1949 and made the first deck landing of a turboprop aircraft on HMS Illustrious. The first FFA Gannet squadron was 826 NAS on board HMS Eagle in the early warning and anti submarine role, but by the mid 60s the Gannet switched to electronic counter measures and mail and light cargo supply. The Gannet was exported to many countries including the Royal Australian Navy, Indonesia and West Germany.