On the photogenic spectrum of British military planes, at one end sits the de Havilland Hornet, with everything else sitting very much below the Hornet on the totem pole. But at the polar opposite end ...

Summary: Britain has made significant contributions to aviation history, known for elegant designs like the Supermarine Spitfire. However, it also produced the unconventional Fairey Gannet, an ...

A Fairey Gannet plane has arrived at MOD St Athan in the Vale of Glamorgan today. It will be used to help restore its sister plane, so that it can fly again. A 50-year-old aeroplane once used by the ...

In the skies of Cold War Britain, the Fairey Gannet looked less like a serious naval aircraft than a machine someone had assembled from spare parts. Its huge radome, strange engine arrangement, and ...

The XT752 Fairey Gannet, which was used to hunt Soviet submarines during the Cold War, was on display at EAA AirVenture. Jennifer K. Woldt (Aug. 1, 2014) ...

Summary: Britain has made significant contributions to aviation history, known for elegant designs like the Supermarine Spitfire. However, it also produced the unconventional Fairey Gannet, an ...

A Fairey Gannet aircraft is being transported to St Athan today. The post-WW2 plane was designed to fly from aircraft carriers. Maintenance work will be carried out on the aircraft by Hunter Flying ...

The Fairey Gannet is one of the most iconic post‑war naval aircraft ever built. Developed in the late 1940s and early 1950s for the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm, it was designed primarily for ...