Private Fairey Gannet AEW3 N1350X - Tucson - Davis-Monthan AFB

1 Mike Cole-Hamilton
(4. 6. 2008, 19:02 CET)
If the faded 761 side number is correct, my log book suggests I last flew this Gannet on July 5th 1968. What's being done with her? She looks in need of a good dose of TLC. I flew with 849 Squadron (the Royal Navy's Airborne early Warning Squadron) from '64 to '68 and enjoyed the AEW3, AS4 and T5 Gannets. Ugly as sin, pleasant to fly and a joy to deck-land. Photographer's remark is not entirely correct. This was NOT an experimental aircraft, there were 44 in frontline service in the 60's and 70's and it was principally an AEW aircraft (ie: a small shipborne AWACS). The earlier AS4 was the Anti-sub aircraft and is nicely illustrated in Wikipedia. Anyway, nice to see her, hope to see other comments by others who knew the aircraft. Mike Cole-Hamilton

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