HMS Ark Royal R-09
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1958: HMY Britannia and other ships during the Cromarty Fleet Review seen from HMS Ark Royal R-09.
(Photo courtesy of Denis Tither, R.N.)



February 3, 1962: Pilot Mr. A. W. "Bill" Bedford of the Hawker Aircraft Company Ltd. lands his Hawker P-1127 (XP831) on HMS Ark Royal R-09. This was the first ever vertical landing of a fixed wing aircraft on an aircraft carrier.
(Photo courtesy of Vic Warrington, R.N.)



February 3, 1962: Pilot Mr. A. W. "Bill" Bedford of the Hawker Aircraft Company Ltd. lands his Hawker P-1127 (XP831) on HMS Ark Royal R-09. This was the first ever vertical landing of a fixed wing aircraft on an aircraft carrier.
(Photo courtesy of Vic Warrington, R.N.)



February 3, 1962: The Hawker P-1127 (XP831) after landing successfully on HMS Ark Royal R-09.
(Photo courtesy of Vic Warrington, R.N.)



HMS Ark Royal R-09 seen in 1970.



HMS Ark Royal R-09 seen in 1972.





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