The artist is David Gibbings MBE. Founder member of the Guild of Aviation Artists and Senior Engineer on numerous projects at Westlands including the Lynx World Speed Record.

Sea King helicopters over Falkland Sound, May. 1982.

A tribute to the part played by Yeovil in the Falklands Crisis. Nearly 200 Westland Helicopters supported the Task Force, without them success would have been unlikely.

The artist, David Gibbings MBE concluded his illustrious career as Chief Flight Test Engineer at Westlands in 1993.

High quality dark blue polo shirt with a choice of Sea Vixen, Sea Fury, Swordfish, Sea Harrier, Seafire, Sea King (Jungly  & SAR), Wessex (Jungly & SAR), Gazelle, F35B / Lightning II, Phantom, Buccaneer, Lynx, Gannet and Wasp motif.

Legendary aircraft - Great Britain at its best.

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If you're in the Fleet Air Arm, then say 'Fly Navy' loud and proud to let everyone know that the Royal Navy has a proud heritage in aviation.

If you're a Royal Navy flying veteran, this polo shirt says it all. 'I was there. I flew in the Royal Navy. I'm proud of it.' High quality white polo shirt with Navy Wings logo on sleeve.

Sizing: Small = 36" / Medium = 39" / Large = 43" / XL = 47" / XXL = 51" & XXXL = 56"

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If you're a Royal Navy/Fleet Air Arm Flying veteran or a current serviceman or woman, our baseball caps say it all. Either is a statement of pride. This is a high quality item with fabric adjustment and sandwich peak for longevity.

One size fits most.

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Encouraging people to 'Fly Navy' is great, but what if you've already been there and done that? 'Flew' Navy recognises your Naval flying career. High quality items that say it all.

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Comfortable, versatile and very long lasting.

Wear it on the beach, in the garden, in the pub, walking the dog, for the BBQ, lounging around the house or even for sport!

Featuring the proud zigzag and 'Fly Navy' logo of the Fleet Air Arm, these tough shirts have a collection of iconic British naval fixed and rotary wing aircraft on the back. Made to our own design by Badger, a company that makes shirts for top league and national teams. 

If they can stand that sort of wear they will last you for years.

N.B. The men's designs are a traditional 'comfort' fit for those of us with a less than honed athletic frame! The ladies designs are more shaped.

Especially commissioned by 814 NAS at RNAS Culdrose and now available for the public.

High quality T with dramatic imagery of the squadron motif and the Tiger stripe Pinger Merlin. A proud squadron and a T to wear with pride.

This very popular motif sums up British Naval Aviation and flying from carriers through the decades. 

Can either be worn smart or casual and these quality polo's with neat embroidery will last for years.

Take your pick from Seafire, Sea Fury, Swordfish, Sea Vixen, Wasp, Sea Harrier, Sea King (Jungly or SAR), Wessex (Jungly or SAR), Gazelle, F35B and Buccaneer. They say we should 'Fly the Flag' and these icons of British aviation are aircraft of which we can be justly proud.

Pictures taken by great photographers like Lee Howard and Andy Rouse.

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Cold day at the shoot (or just a cold day)?

This attractive cartridge flask design is the perfect way to carry a few nips of your favourite tipple. Made in the UK from highly polished pewter and brass, this solid flask is engraved with 'Navy Wings' so that everybody knows you've contributed to 'Keeping Heritage Naval Aircraft Flying'!

• 4oz capacity
• brass screw-on top can be used as a nip cup.
  
• bright polished finish
• supplied in smart box and with cloth polishing pouch
  
• Height: 110mm
• Diameter: 40mm

Featuring the proud zigzag pattern of the FAA, these tough shirts have the Sea Vixen on the front and Swordfish and Sea Fury on the reverse. They are made to our own design by Badger, a company who make shirts for top league and national teams - if they can stand that sort of wear, they will last for years.

N.B. The men's designs are a traditional 'comfort' fit for those of us with a less than honed athletic frame! The Ladies designs are more shaped.

Raise a glass… and a smile!

Whether for a boating-themed party, a gift for those hard-to-buy for ‘Yachties’, or simply keeping track of which drink is whose on board, this fun nautical glass tumbler with jaunty blue and gold designs are sure to raise a smile.

Cheers!

...including Jock Moffat and Bruce Vibert.

The Fairey Swordfish achieved legendary status in WWII and this evocative picture includes W5856 and LS326 in the snow with St Bartholomew's church (regarded as 'the Fleet Air Arm Church') at Yeovilton in the background.

This limited edition print (just 200) has the original signatures of two renowned WWII veterans and four pilots from the, sadly now defunct, Royal Navy Historic Flight. Both these aircraft reside in our Navy Wings hangar and with your ongoing support we hope to be flying them at public events for years to come.

This is your opportunity to own a piece of history that will look superb in any home.

Supplied with a certificate of authenticity.

Fairey Swordfish pilot – Lieutenant Commander Jock Moffat

Swordfish pilot Lt Cdr John ‘Jock’ Moffat was part of the attack that crippled the Bismarck on that fateful day in 1941.

Fairey Swordfish pilot - Lieutenant Commander Bruce Vibert DSC

The majority of Lt Cdr Vibert’s wartime career was spent in the cockpit of a Fairey Swordfish in the Battle of the Atlantic (where he sank U674) and on the Arctic convoys.

Commander Adrian Orchard OBE

Cdr Adrian Orchard was a Harrier Pilot, Deputy Commander of the British Harrier Force, CO at RNAS Culdrose and author of the bestselling ‘Joint Force Harrier’. He joined the Royal Navy Historic Flight as a Fairey Swordfish pilot.

Lieutenant Commander John Beattie

Lt Cdr John Beattie has flown myriad aircraft in his long flying career including Swordfish, Firefly and Sea Fury as a display pilot. John was CO of the Royal Navy Historic Flight and is still a very active flier on both fixed and rotary wing aircraft

Lieutenant Commander Mike Abbey

Lt Cdr Mike Abbey was originally a helicopter pilot in Lynx and Wessex and was later CO of the Royal Navy Historic Flight in which he flew the Fairey Swordfish.

Commander – Dave McKay

Commander Dave McKay was a Sea Harrier pilot and both a Naval Air Squadron Commander and CO of the Royal Navy Historic Flight.

Artist – Terrence Lee

Terrence Lee is a highly regarded artist who specialises in marine subjects and worked for a period at RNAS Yeovilton

Fairey Swordfish

Fairey Swordfish LS326 and W5856 are both members of the Navy Wings Heritage Flight and veterans of active service in WWII

Approx 59cm x 42cm

N.B. This item is supplied as a print. The image where it is depicted with a frame is for illustrative purposes only.

This is a wonderfully evocative print of a beautifully executed pencil drawing by renowned Stephen Fox. It's called 'The Office' because it's where Swordfish pilots went to work day after day, sometimes in the most appalling circumstances. 

Available professionally framed or just as a print, all are personally signed by the late Lt Cdr Jock Moffat who took part in the action that crippled the Bismarck.

This is a stunning artwork and only 50 have been printed.

Poster size, the prints are professionally mounted on board.

Framed option. The framed option has an unobtrusive contemporary black frame suitable for many domestic and office environments

Five terrific and challenging images which will make the completion of these puzzles doubly satisfying for any jigsaw enthusiast. Iconic images of iconic aircraft. Please help to keep them flying.

Thanks for the images to Andy Rouse (Sea Vixen), Stephen Ward (Swordfish/Sentinel), Jo Apple-Ayres (Phantom) and Lee Howard (Swordfish W5856).

500 pieces.

Ever since its foundation in 1943, the Lockheed Martin Skunk works has been at the forefront of aviation innovation and technology.

This fascinating book takes you on a journey through the history of this legendary facility from its foundation at the height of World War II under the talented engineer, Clarence 'Kelly' Johnson, through to the present day.

Illustrated with over a thousand photographs and drawings. It details the 46 unclassified programmes developed by the Skunk Works, following them through prototype build-up, first flight and. if they reached the frontline, operational service. Projects include the XP-80, U-2, SR-71 Blackbird, F-117 Nighthawk, F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning II.

Larger than A4 (L30cm x W25cm x H3cm), with 384 pages and weighing over 2.5 kilos, this is a serious work.

The Royal Navy was in the front of military aviation from the word go. This book tells the fascinating and proud history of the first century of British Naval Aviation. In a mix of historical data and personal accounts, the author leads us through the conflicts, aircraft, actions and people who have contributed to over a hundred years of outstanding service and achievement.

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pen & Sword Books Ltd; Illustrated edition (21 May 2009)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Papercover ‏ : ‎ 272 pages
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9781848840362
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.49 x 2.54 x 23.37 cm

The evolution of naval flying has been as fascinating and complex as the evolution of flight itself. Flying from ships at sea presents unique challenges and this book casts an illuminating light on the process from the very first attempts to bring aviation on board ship.

Hardback.

Doing justice to the part played by the Royal Navy in WWII was always going to be a tricky task. Drawing on modern scholarship and original sources it retells some familiar sources, but also corrects some myths and fills in some less well-known episodes.

Hardback

The same skills, but flying very different missions. An interesting insight into a very different flying career.

The book charts the unusual life of the author from a young boy experiencing life 'below stairs' in a large country house, through his early education by the nanny of the household and later into secondary technical education. His first job in the early 1960's was with a Jaguar car dealership which led to a love of performance cars. A career change in the late 1960's saw him joining the police force in Somerset and experiencing the strict regime that existed in the force in those days. (He required the permission of the Chief Constable to get married!)

Early and regular promotion saw him rising through the ranks until he later retired as a Superintendent in 1998.

The book describes a number of unusual postings and experiences and in particular his first ever flight in an aeroplane in 1976. It was in a two seat jet fighter! That flight brought about a new fire in his lifestyle and became the cause of yet another turn in his career.

The development of Police Air Support became a passion, eventually leading to a second career as an International Police Air Support advisor. 

Finally an interest in local politics saw him elected as a local councillor 2001. He had the honour of Chairing South Gloucestershire Council in 2019 and will soon celebrate a total of 50 years in Public Service.

When Argentinian forces invaded the Falklands in April 1982, the British government responded by despatching a task force to the Atlantic to wrest back control of the islands. The resulting war saw modern weapon systems tested in combat for the first time, to tragic effect. In the aftermath, official documents were released, but many were heavily censored, and others withheld altogether, so that a full understanding of those events could not be gained. Drawing from recently declassified and previously unpublished reports from the official inquiry, Dr Paul Brown details the true story behind the dramatic events that led to the loss of six British ships – HMS Antelope, Ardent, Coventry and Sheffield, RFA Sir Galahad and SS Atlantic Conveyor – as well as the controversial sinking of the Argentinian cruiser ARA General Belgrano by HMS Conqueror.

The moving story of youths turning to young men as they fight a well equipped and determined enemy with outmoded equipment and often in appalling conditions. Perhaps lacking the glamour of flying from the great carriers, those who flew from MAC ships (merchant ships converted to carry aircraft) nonetheless made a huge contribution to winning the Battle of the Atlantic.

Sub Lt Stanley Brand pranged W5856, the world's oldest flying Fairey Swordfish, in 1944 due to an engine failure on take off. We're happy to report that W5856 currently resides in our hangar and is a very popular addition at air displays around the UK.

Paperback.

This tea towel was designed from a limited-edition print created by Royal College of Art-trained Paul Martin. Colourful, witty and thought provoking, and sure to raise a smile among fans of agile wordplay and striking imagery.

100% cotton and digitally printed, rather than screen printed, for vivid colours and crisp fine detail.

Each measures 70x50cm.

From the television footage shown in all its stark reality and the daily coverage and subsequent memoirs, the impression delivered from the air battles in the Falklands Conflict was that of heroic Argentine pilots who relentlessly pressed home their attacks against the British. While, by contrast, there is a counter-narrative that portrayed the Sea Harrier force as being utterly dominant over its Argentine enemies. But what was the reality of the air war over the Falkland Islands?

While books on the air operations have published since that time, they have, in the main, been personal accounts, re-told by those who were there, fighting at a tactical level, or back in their nation’s capital running the strategic implications of the outcome. But a detailed analysis of the operational level of the air war has not been undertaken – until now. At the same time, some analysts have inferred that this Cold War sideshow offers little insight into lessons for the operating environment of future conflicts. As the author demonstrates in this book, there are lessons from 1982 that do have important and continued relevance today.

Using recently released primary source material, the author, a serving RAF officer who spent two-and-a-half years in the Falklands as an air defence navigator, has taken an impartial look at the air campaign at the operational level. This has enabled him to develop a considered view of what should have occurred, comparing it with what actually happened. In so doing, John Shields has produced a comprehensive account of the air campaign that has demolished many of the enduring myths.

This is the story of not why, but how the air war was fought over the skies of the South Atlantic.

Imprint: Air World
Pages: 384
Illustrations: 16 black and white illustrations
ISBN: 9781399007528
Published: 30th October 2021

The Air War in the Falklands was another classic example of the importance of aerial superiority. How was that achieved? The numbers, the weapons, the equipment, the tactics and the people are all looked at in detail in this authoratitive book.

Paperback.

The Buccaneer, Phantom and Sea Fury are all Fleet Air Arm icons so we thought we'd make a T shirt to give you full chapter and verse on these much loved (and missed) aircraft.

Scheme 1: VW645 Sydney August 1955

Scheme 2: FB11 803 Squadron Royal Canadian Navy 1948

Scheme 3: Sea Fury FB. MK50 no 860 Squadron Royal Dutch navy - Aerobats

The last in an illustrious line of Hawker piston engine fighters, the Sea Fury entered service with the Royal Navy too late to see operations during WWII, but proved to be one of the fastest propeller driven aircraft ever produced. Attracting plenty of overseas interest, the Sea Fury was also operated in some numbers by the navies of Holland, Australia and Canada, with Australian Sea Fury's making a significant contribution to air operation during the Korean War.

Scale 1:48