Sea Vixen FAW2 G-Cvix "Foxy Lady" Joins RN Historic flight
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So it seems Foxy Lady has been donated to the RN Historic flight based at RNAS Yeovil.
In essence making it the only airworthy carrier fighter jet flying in the UK !....
Typically though the Press have got it completely wrong ... she isnt going to the museum, she will be kept flying.
From their facebook page ...
'Foxy Lady' was gifted to the Fly Navy Heritage Trust at a presentation ceremony held at the Fleet Air Arm Museum, RNAS Yeovilton, Somerset on Tuesday 16 September 2014 at 2.00 pm.
Sea Vixen FAW2 (Fighter all Weather) G-CVIX XP924 is the last and only flying Sea Vixen in the world and in recent years she has been flown and operated by Bournemouth based DS Aviation, owned by Julian Jones, the founder of Drilling Systems, a global provider of simulation technology to the oil and gas industry.
In an exceptional act of generosity, Julian Jones donated the Sea Vixen to the Fly Navy Heritage Trust’s subsidiary company, Naval Aviation Ltd, safeguarding the future of this iconic British fighter for the benefit of the nation. After a period of winter maintenance, Sea Vixen G-CVIX will continue to fly at air shows and events around the country as a signature aircraft in the Royal Navy’s Heritage Collection.
http://www.itv.com/news/west/story/2014-09-16/last...
In essence making it the only airworthy carrier fighter jet flying in the UK !....
Typically though the Press have got it completely wrong ... she isnt going to the museum, she will be kept flying.
From their facebook page ...
'Foxy Lady' was gifted to the Fly Navy Heritage Trust at a presentation ceremony held at the Fleet Air Arm Museum, RNAS Yeovilton, Somerset on Tuesday 16 September 2014 at 2.00 pm.
Sea Vixen FAW2 (Fighter all Weather) G-CVIX XP924 is the last and only flying Sea Vixen in the world and in recent years she has been flown and operated by Bournemouth based DS Aviation, owned by Julian Jones, the founder of Drilling Systems, a global provider of simulation technology to the oil and gas industry.
In an exceptional act of generosity, Julian Jones donated the Sea Vixen to the Fly Navy Heritage Trust’s subsidiary company, Naval Aviation Ltd, safeguarding the future of this iconic British fighter for the benefit of the nation. After a period of winter maintenance, Sea Vixen G-CVIX will continue to fly at air shows and events around the country as a signature aircraft in the Royal Navy’s Heritage Collection.
http://www.itv.com/news/west/story/2014-09-16/last...
that couldn't have been a very big team, on their FB page back pre-display season, they were looking for help from volunteers to help get her polished and cleaned for the display season. Im sure the decision to donate her was done with consulting the people that keep her airworthy, and besides, she is still being worked on by volunteers, so its quite probably that it will be the same people.
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