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History of the Fleet Air Arm

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The Suez CrisisIraqThe Sea HarrierAfghanistanTarantoThe Falklands1951: First small ship designed to operate a helicopter1945: First Jet landing on an aircraft carrier1945: Lieutenant Robert “Hammie” Gray1942: Lt Cdr Eugene “Winkle” Esmonde1917: First Carrier Landing1915: Flight Lieutenant Richard Bell-Davies1915: Flight Sub-Lieutenant Reginald Warneford1911: First four pilots trainedFirst Torpedo Attack by an AircraftFirst True Aircraft Carrier CommissionedFirst landing of a VTOL aircraft on a carrier1909: The Birth of Naval Aviation1914 First Air attack from the Sea

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