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    The Fairey Flycatcher was a British single-seat biplane carrier-borne fighter aircraft made by Fairey Aviation Company which served from 1923 to 1934...
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  • plant Fairey Flycatcher, British fighter aircraft of the 1920s–1930s Flycatcher (comics), character in the Vertigo comic book Fables Flycatcher (radar)...
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  • Fairey III – reconnaissance biplane (1917) Fairey N.9 – experimental floatplane (1917) Fairey Pintail – floatplane fighter (1920) Fairey Flycatcher –...
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    The Fairey Aviation Company Fairey III was a family of British reconnaissance biplanes that enjoyed a very long production and service history in both...
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    The Fairey Firefly is a Second World War-era carrier-borne fighter aircraft and anti-submarine aircraft that was principally operated by the Fleet Air...
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    The Fairey Albacore is a single-engine biplane torpedo bomber designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Fairey Aviation. It was primarily...
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    N21/26 as a carrier-based fighter to replace the Fleet Air Arm's Fairey Flycatchers, first flying on 17 May 1929. Like the land-based fighter, it was...
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    The Fairey Rotodyne was a 1950s British compound gyroplane designed and built by Fairey Aviation and intended for commercial and military uses. A development...
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    first deck landing. The Dart was followed by the Fairey Flycatchers of 404 and 407 Flights, the Fairey IIIFs of 445 and 446 Flights and the Darts of 463...
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    The Fairey Battle is a British single-engine light bomber that was designed and manufactured by the Fairey Aviation Company. It was developed during the...
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    The Fairey Fox was a British light bomber and fighter biplane of the 1920s and 1930s. It was originally produced in Britain for the RAF, but continued...
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  • aside, many naval fighters were named for birds; such as the Fairey Flycatcher, Fairey Fulmar, Blackburn Skua and, before the aforementioned adoption...
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    inventory. These included landing and flying-off tests of Fairey IIID and Fairey Flycatcher floatplanes, with and without wheels, to compare various designs...
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    The Fairey Fulmar is a British carrier-borne reconnaissance aircraft/fighter aircraft which was developed and manufactured by aircraft company Fairey Aviation...
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    The Fairey Swordfish was a biplane torpedo bomber, designed by the Fairey Aviation Company. Originating in the early 1930s, the Swordfish, nicknamed "Stringbag"...
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    3-view profile drawing of HMS Nelson as she was in 1931, with Fairey Flycatcher aircraft carried amidships...
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    ordered into small-scale production but after extensive evaluation, the Fairey Flycatcher was preferred for large-scale service. The Parnall Plover was designed...
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    The Fairey Barracuda was a British carrier-borne torpedo and dive bomber designed by Fairey Aviation. It was the first aircraft of this type operated...
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    Swordfish, Tarpon/Avenger (retired). 18" Mark 30 torpedo – Carried by the Fairey Gannet and Westland Whirlwind helicopter (retired). British 18-inch torpedo...
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  • service during World War I. Fairey Flycatcher naval fighter built in large numbers and used in the interwar period. Fairey Firefly a British naval fighter...
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    flights aboard Royal Navy aircraft carriers until replaced by the Fairey Flycatcher in 1924.  United Kingdom Royal Air Force No. 203 Squadron RAF Royal...
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    The Fairey Spearfish was a British carrier-based, single-engined, torpedo bomber/dive bomber that was ordered from Fairey Aviation for the Fleet Air Arm...
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    The Fairey Seafox was a 1930s British reconnaissance floatplane designed and built by Fairey for the Fleet Air Arm. It was designed to be catapulted from...
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    first recommissioned, she carried Fairey Flycatcher fighters, Blackburn Dart and Blackburn Ripon torpedo bombers, and Fairey IIIF reconnaissance planes of...
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    The Fairey Gannet is a carrier-borne aircraft that was designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer the Fairey Aviation Company. It was developed...
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    Havilland DH.50 De Havilland Giant Moth De Havilland Hyena Fairey Ferret Fairey Flycatcher Fokker C.V Fokker D.XVI Gloster Gnatsnapper Gloster Grebe Handley...
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    The Fairey Gannet AEW.3 is a variant of the Fairey Gannet anti-submarine warfare aircraft intended to be used in the airborne early warning (AEW) role...
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  • into small-scale production, but after extensive evaluation, the Fairey Flycatcher was preferred for large-scale service. The Parnall Possum was an experimental...
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  • commissioned the construction of a Fairey Flycatcher, which is now on show at the Fleet Air Arm Museum. Fairey was chairman of the Museum of Army Flying's...
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    after 1932) of fighters (Fairey Flycatcher), two of spotters (Blackburn Blackburn or Avro Bison), one spotter reconnaissance (Fairey IIID) and two flights...
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