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The Fleet Air Arm Museum is devoted to the history of British naval aviation. It has an extensive collection of military and civilian aircraft, aero engines, models of aircraft and Royal Navy ships (especially aircraft carriers ), and paintings and drawings related to naval aviation.
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A military museum or war museum is an institution dedicated to the preservation and education of the significance of wars, conflicts, and military actions. These museums serve as repositories of artifacts (not least weapons), documents, photographs, and other memorabilia related to the military and war.
S-2G Tracker N12-153582 (859), ex BuNo 153582 – Fleet Air Arm Museum, HMAS Albatross, Nowra, New South Wales, Australia [3] S-2G Tracker N12-153566 (854), ex BuNo 153566, was on loan to Gippsland Armed Forces Museum , West Sale Airport , Sale, Victoria , Australia [ 5 ] until June 2016.
Based on the 300-series Olympus, [1] the BS.100 was similar in general arrangement to that of the company's Pegasus design, but with the addition of plenum chamber burning (PCB), to enable the projected Hawker Siddeley P.1154 VSTOL fighter design to accelerate to supersonic speed [2] and to allow the aircraft to hover.
The Fleet Air Arm (FAA) is the naval aviation component of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy (RN). The FAA is one of five RN fighting arms. [7] As of 2023 it is a primarily helicopter force, though also operating the F-35 Lightning II carrier-based stealth fighter jointly with the Royal Air Force.
Fairey Fulmar at the Fleet Air Arm Museum. The only known survivor is N1854, the Fulmar prototype (and first production Mk I) at the Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovilton. [10] The only known surviving Rolls-Royce Merlin VIII engine is in a private collection in the UK and came from Fulmar Mk I, N1926. [citation needed]
No aircraft survives, but the Fleet Air Arm Museum holds a replica Flycatcher that was built in 1977. Registered as G-BEYB, it was flown until 1996, when it was put on static display. It is currently held in the museum's reserve collection, to which the public has only occasional access. [6]