RNAS Yeovilton in Somerset is home to the Fleet Air Arm's Sea Harrier aircraft and helicopters
that deploy aboard the Royal Navy's three aircraft carriers.
There is also a Fleet Air Arm Museum with a collection of about 60 different historic aircraft and the RN
Historic flight are based here which include the following aircraft:
Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton will be celebrating its 70th Anniversary at their annual Air Day on Saturday 10 July 2010 to an expected audience of over 35,000 people. It was commissioned as HMS Heron on 18 June 1940 as a base for naval fighter aircraft. Since then it has grown to become a multi-role air station and has become the base for the Commando Helicopter Force (CHF) and Lynx Helicopter Force (LHF) as well as home to the Royal Navy Historic Flight. It is one of the UK’s busiest military airfields operating over 100 aircraft on 1,400 acres of airfield sites.
This significant milestone will be marked within Air Day’s extensive flying and static displays. Types such as the illustrious Fairey Swordfish torpedo bomber - famed for its attack on the German battleship Bismarck, the potent, Korean War-era Hawker Sea Fury and the world’s only flying example of a Hawker Sea Hawk will take to the skies along with their modern counterparts, such as the Harrier, evoking nostalgic memories of 70 years of naval aviation at RNAS Yeovilton.
The extensive flying display will feature many historic and modern aircraft types to celebrate RNAS Yeovilton’s 70th Anniversary. Yeovilton based Commando Sea King and Lynx helicopters and other Maritime Squadrons will demonstrate their capabilities in the infamous Commando Assault Demonstration with plenty of pyrotechnics! The RAF and Army as well as foreign military participants will also provide fast jet displays, static aircraft, aerobatic display teams and historic flypasts.
Provisional Participating aircraft at Yeovilton Air Day 2010:
Yeovilton Air Day - 10 July 2010
Provisional Participating aircraft:
F=flying, S=static
Royal Navy
Sea King Mk5 (SAR) S
Sea King Mk4/Mk6 (CHF) F/S
Sea King Mk7 (ASAC) F/S
Merlin (ASW) F/S
Lynx Mk3/Mk8 (LHF) F/S
Lynx Mk 7 (CHF) F/S
Jetstream S
RNHF - Swordfish F
RNHF - Sea Hawk F
RNHF - Sea Fury F
RNHF - Chipmunk S
Black Cats Display Team – Lynx x 2 F
Grob Tutor F/S
Wessex 5 S
RNAS Yeovilton in Somerset is home to the Fleet Air Arm's Sea Harrier aircraft and helicopters
that deploy aboard the Royal Navy's three aircraft carriers.
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