Desmond describing his method of disposing of foreign objects left in the cockpit after manufacture - examples on the screen behind him. He took the aircraft up to 20,000 feet, then opened the canopy and rolled inverted. It never failed!
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Wally Epton in thanking Sue Eagles for her part in "Fly Navy 100", presents her with a rather more appropriate token of our thanks.
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Wally Epton running out of superlatives in thanking John Moffatt for his amazing talk, and presenting him with an HAA tie. John Moffatt has now turned 90 and he stood by the lectern for an hour to deliver his talk - without any notes at all! A truly remarkable gentleman who made the audience feel very humble in comparison.
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John Moffatt making a point during his talk. After taking off from the Ark Royal to attack the Bismark, the Squadron entered cloud at about 700ft, and climbed up through it in formation, following the leader. After coming out on top they then flew on an intercept course for the Bismark. They knew when they were overhead the Bismark by the amount of anti aircraft fire coming up through the clouds. The Squadron then dived through the clouds, only just pulling up in time to miss a ditching due to the poor weather conditions. Having dropped his torpedo, he described making a very flat turn to avoid presenting the Bismark's gunners with a plan view of his aircraft.
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John is getting into his stride with vivid descriptions of the appalling weather conditions that faced the Swordfish pilots on the day they attacked the Bismark. Most notable was his description of ranging the aircraft on deck in a force 8 gale
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John Moffatt in his younger days.
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The remarkable Lt. Cmdr. John Moffatt RN (Retired), begins his story of how he came to be part of the Squadron of Swordfish aircraft which attacked and disabled the Bismark
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Chairman Wally Epton thanks Tom Eeles for his fascinating talk and presents him with an HAA tie.
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A crowded carrier deck full of Buccaneers illustrates a point made by Tom Eeles
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A formation of Buccaneers
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Tom Eeles held the audience captivated by his account of how he had to master the skills of carrier operations, especially deck take offs and landings, and stories of close shaves.
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Group Captain (retired) Tom Eeles opening illustration for his talk on "A 'crab' Buccaneering in the Navy". A remarkable account of how he came to be flying Buccaneers for the Navy from Aircraft Carriers as an RAF pilot.
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The European Federation Historic Aircraft logo
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Harry Haas gave an over view of what EFHA is about, and the importance of all interested parties pulling together.
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Wally Epton thanking Desmond and presenting him with his HAA tie
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Desmond does a low fly-past on the occasion of his last flight out of Hatfield, as viewed from the balcony of the main office block.
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A Sea Vixen as flown by Desmond Penrose
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Desmond Penrose delivers a most interesting and amusing talk
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Wally Epton joking with Tony Eagles as he receives his HAA tie
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Chairman Wally Epton presents Sue eagles with an HAA tie.
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Tony Eagles gave a historical look at the Fleet Air Arm.
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Background image of Fleet Air Arm history
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Commander Sue Eagles sets the scene
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