The Bagger and Pinger communities are rightly proud of the role that they play (and have played) in the battlespace and what better aircraft to illustrate that role than the Sea King with its decades of sterling service. 

Matching coasters also available in Atlantic grey or white.

Quality mug - Handwash recommended
330ml capacity.

An attractive poster showing the marking schemes of 5 Sea Vixen Squadrons.

The iconic Sea Vixen played an important role as a transitional design during the Cold War. Transonic and nuclear capable, this interceptor was armed with A2A missiles, but not cannon or machine guns as it was (erroneously as it turned out) thought that the day of the dogfight was over

The de Havilland DH.110 Sea Vixen is a British twin-engine, twin boom-tailed, two-seat, carrier-based fleet air-defence fighter flown by the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm during the 1950s through to the early 1970s. 

Bespoke art by acclaimed artist Beanz, hand drawn & digitally mastered using DTG technology which limits cracking & fading of the image thus ensuring a longer lasting fresh design. 

Cartoon aviation theme available in a variety of colours.
Fabric: 100% Organic combed ringspun cotton
Weight: 140gsm

Recommended washing at 40 degrees or below , do not dry clean.

Please allow 5-7 working days for dispatch - as this item is printed to order.

Originally a pictorial history of the race to get the world's last flying Sea Vixen, XP924, ready for the 2015 flying season, the current editions cover the period up to her 'wheel's up' landing. A comprehensively and lavishly illustrated record of a very special aircraft. 

To aerial icons met in combat in the Pacific war. Two design philosophies designed for different purposes and theatres. Two sets of performance niches. Filled with first hand accounts, technical detail and images, this is an essential read about two legendary knights of the sky.

Paperback.

Three classic and much loved helicopters who earned the admiration of their crews through decades of hardworking and reliable service. This commemorative badge is a tribute not only to the aircraft but also to generations of brave aircrews who work tirelessly, often in appalling conditions, and have saved countless lives. 3.75" x 4.75"

Our popular mini tot tankard is now available in this lovely presentation box set.

This perfect gift is comprised of two tankards which are beautifully displayed in a wooden box with a neatly inlaid brass fouled anchor motif. 

Dimensions: 15 x 8cm

'Captain Alan William Frank Sutton's enthralling biography starts when, as a young midshipman, he was in command of a picket boat returning a potentially mutinous crew to the battle-cruiser HMS Repulse....and ends in the open cockpit of a Fairey Swordfish torpedo bomber during the legendary attack on the Italian Fleet at Taranto.'

Hardback.

Essentially a development of the Avro Lancaster via the later Lincoln, the Avro Shackleton was the RAF’s first line of defence in the maritime role from 1951 for twenty years, thereafter continuing to serve as an airborne early warning aircraft for another twenty, until 1991. The ‘Old Grey Lady’, the ‘Growler’, ‘20,000 rivets in loose formation’, but mostly known simply as the ‘Shack’, it is viewed with great affection by those who flew and maintained it. In addition to its traditional sub-hunting role, it was also used extensively for search and rescue operations, and even as a conventional bomber in the Aden theatre. Operating around the world with squadrons based in the UK, the Mediterranean, Middle East and Far East, ‘Shacks’ were also used to support the blockade of oil supplies to Rhodesia during the UDI crisis in the ’60s and ’70s, and searching for gun-running boats during the Indonesian Confrontation.

All of the Boys’ stories are from air and ground crew veterans.

Volume One:

Covers UK-based units flying from Ballykelly (including Aldergrove), Farnborough, Honington, Kinloss, Lossiemouth, St Eval and St Mawgan, plus many overseas detachments including Christmas Island and Majunga. To complement the detailed personal accounts and anecdotes are hundreds of original photographs and extensive appendices. A feast for any ‘Shack’ or military aviation aficionado.

Format: Hardback

Extent: 256 pages
Dimensions: 234 x 156 mm
ISBN: 9781911621126. 
Publication Date: 28 September 2018

Volume 2: 

Steve Bond has garnered another exceptional group of Shack operators who delight in giving the reader their tales of derring-do. Another one for the Boys’ kitbag!

Volume Two covers those units based overseas at Changi, Gan, Gibraltar, Khormaksar, Luqa (and Hal Far), and Sharjah, plus the South African Air Force operations from Ysterplaat/Malan.

50cl 43% abv.

In 2007, enroute to South Africa, the MSC Napoli was beached off Devon. Its cargo included new, empty Allier oak barrels destined for The Cape’s finest vineyards. Some of the shipwrecked barrels found their way to us, having been protected from the sea by being packed among bibles written in Zulu. Maturing our brandy in these barrels gives a sophisticated finish worthy of single cask bottling. We now buy new barrels from the same cooperage. The finely grained new Allier oak is what creates the distinctive smoked, oaky taste of Shipwreck.

It smells fruity but with smoke and oak and toasted apples and hints of mahogany. A smoky, sophisticated and distinctively oaky finish.

Solid brass bottle opener with raised anchor design and two mounting holes for secure attachment to a wall or bulkhead.

An accessory that can be appreciated (and is useful) in a multitude of locations, and won't get lost!

70cl 42% abv.

It smells bold, full of apples, vanilla and spice. It tastes fruity with walnut, coffee and oak notes and prunes, vanilla and spice and sherry wood. It feels smooth and full with a gentle astringency.

Complex with a Christmas pudding richness, full of subtle bouquets and aromas.

“An interesting and worthy alternative to an armagnac, cognac or a single malt” Liquid Companions, BBC Radio 4

42%, 70 cl

5 year old Somerset Cider Brandy.

Complex with a velvety palate and intriguing spicy aftertaste. 

The nose is fruity, sweet and floral, like spring in the orchards. There is honeysuckle, apple blossom and hawthorn. The taste is full of apple, with delicate white flowers and a clean lingering fruit finish.

This brandy has gained depth, smoothness and stature.  With its complexity, velvety palate and intriguing spicy aftertaste it is a candidate for after dinner.

“gorgeous, mellow-yet-warming, richly fruited spirit” The Telegraph

70cl 42% abv.

The alchemist’s art is evident in Alchemy’s journey from our orchards to a unique golden spirit. A brandy with finesse and apple, mellow, smooth and long on the palate.

TASTING NOTES - Smells of ripe fruit, vanilla and raisins, It tastes complex and apply with a hint of hazelnut and raisins. It is smooth, balanced and soft.

‘scented, deft and complex’ Distilled magazine

It makes an exceptional digestif and is an ideal accompaniment to a cheese board. 

Sophisticated complex apples with honeysuckle and a hint of almond.

REVIEWS

The Telegraph

“This is a blend of apple juice and cider brandy, which is then aged in cask. The result is a complex, nutty, toffee-laden delight”

Malt Review

“On the nose: Deeper, richer, spicier. Very spicy actually, oak and nutmeg and clove. Moved from the Dundee Cake of the Kingston Black Aperitif to a brandy-soaked Christmas pudding. Oloroso sherry. Polished furniture. All with a beating heart of stewed apple. Fans of Glendronach, step this way.

In the mouth: Again, it’s deep, it’s rich, it’s rounded, it’s spicy. Very sweet, but balanced by tannin and oak. Less acidity than the Kingston Black Apple Aperitif, but again there’s more than you find in most pommeaux, which is all to the good. Char and raisin and cinnamon and nutmeg. In pudding terms it’s Halloween’s toffee apple meeting Christmas’s fruitcake. A decadent end-of-evening treat.”

50cl 20% abv

This limited edition single cask Somerset cider brandy has been aged for 8 years in small oak barrels and is delicious. It's then made even more special by being finished for another 2 years in a barrel that had previously held port for over twenty years. 

It is a beautifully balanced spirit imbued with a subtle sweetness from the Port casks.

This is a limited edition single cask bottling. 

Sophisticated - smooth - warm - different - very special

70cl, 42% abv.

Regrettably, we are only able to supply this product within the UK

50cl 42% abv.

XO Somerset Cider Brandy is blended for age and quality. We have drawn upon over thirty years of experience to make this beautifully balanced spirit.

XO has been aged in small oak barrels and each bottle can be traced back to it's source orchard. It starts with a fruity, applely nose which leads into an elegant aromatic palate with notes of vanilla, followed by a long spicy, oak finish.

Spitfire Evolution is the first book to identify 73 variants of Supermarine Spitfire and Seafire.

Its commentary follows the evolution of this remarkable aircraft from its earliest forbears to the final marques (and includes Seafang, Spiteful and numerous small production specialist types).

 There are over 80 beautiful illustrations by Jon Freeman with additional diagrams illustrating both the technical differences and also a huge variety of liveries.

 The author, Paul Beaver, is a well-known writer, biographer, pilot and historian.

 This is a very convenient and extremely comprehensive companion/guide and is ideal for the spotter or aircraft enthusiast.

• Publisher‏: Beaver Westminster Limited (5 Mar. 2016)
• Language: English
• Pages: 68 
• ISBN: 9780993554506

After the rapid developments in tactics and technology of WWI, the Fleet Air Arm languished during the inter-war years. Immediately upon commencement of hostilities in WWII, they immediately rose to the new challenges. These two famous actions encapsulate the remarkable spirit and endeavour of a military arm that has so often been a world leader.

Hardback.

The war in the Mediterranean was always about so much more than the Mediterranean itself. O'Hara illuminates the complexity and far reaching ramifications of this critical conflict and avoids the trap of rehashing the myths by introducing research from British, Italian, German, French and US sources - all sides of a gritty and hard fought story.

Hardback

Everyone knows about the Supermarine Spitfire and its part in the Battle of Britain and thereafter in the battle over Europe. However, few are familiar with the part its maritime counterpart, the Seafire, played with the Fleet Air Arm. Despite teething troubles and not being ideal as a carrier based fighter, it nonetheless gave the Navy a superb interceptor at a time when the allies were beginning to go on the offensive. 

Packed with illustrations, photographs and development and operational details, this is a great book set in a period when the Fleet Air Arm was growing into a formidable force on a global scale.

Softback: A4

• Brand: Airfix
• Product Code: AX06102

The Supermarine Walrus (AKA Seagull) was a versatile multi-role aircraft used by several air forces. They were much loved by their crews for their ability to get them home and more loved by those pilot's they rescued. This is a highly detailed collectors model.

 1/72 scale

Despite its rather ungainly appearance, the Supermarine Walrus was one of the most effective aircraft of its type ever built. Required to operate in particularly hostile environments, the Walrus was an excellent naval reconnaissance aircraft and became an invaluable air-sea rescue asset, responsible for saving the lives of many downed airmen.

Scheme A: Supermarine Walrus Mk.I, No. 276 Squadron, Royal Air Force Harrowbeer, Devon, England, 1944
Scheme B: Supermarine Walrus Mk.I , No. 700 Naval Air Squadron, HMS Sheffield, 1941.
Scheme C: Supermarine Walrus Mk.I, No. 5 CF Royal Australian Air Force, Australia and New Guinea, early 1943.

• Item Length – Without Packaging (cm): 23.8
• Item Width – Without Packaging (cm): 29.2
• How many pieces?: 157
• Item Scale: 1:48
• License line: BAE SYSTEMS is a registered trade mark of BAE Systems plc.
• Contents (what’s in the box) sets: Plastic model kit, instruction sheet, paint layout sheet and decals.
• Finish: Plastic
• Number of Scheme options: 3
• Skill Level: 3
• Flying Hours: 3
• Wingspan (mm): 292

The Supermarine Walrus was a British single engine amphibious biplane reconnaissance aircraft, designed by R.J. Mitchell who was also responsible for the illustrious Spitfire. The aircraft first flew on the 21st June 1933. Operated by the Fleet Air Arm, it also served with the Royal Air Force and several Commonwealth forces. It was also the first British squadron service aircraft to incorporate a fully retractable undercarriage, completely enclosed crew accommodation and an all metal fuselage. Designed for use as a fleet spotter to be catapulted from battleships or cruisers, the Walrus was later employed in a variety of roles most notably as a rescue aircraft for downed aircrew and it continued in service throughout the Second World War.

Operation Torch was the codename of the World War II joint - and first - collaboration between the US and Allied Forces in the European-African arena. The Operation took place between 8^th and 16^th November 1942 with the aim of opening up a second front against the Axis powers prevalent in North Africa, therefore diverting the offensive in Europe. The Allied landings and conquest of key areas in Morocco and Algeria in particular resulted in an Allied victory against both the Vichy French and German forces.

Here, the Walrus is decorated as it took part in Operation Torch and appears in beige and dark earth desert camouflage colours with a pale blue underside. The blue and white US Forces star is printed on the upper and lower wings. The enclosed cockpit interior and the gun positions are both green. Note particularly the two guns fore and aft of the cockpit and the omission of bomb racks under the wings on this release.