Fairey Swordfish LS326/L2 Start Up & Take Off

Fairey Swordfish Mk2 (LS326/L2) full engine start up, power checks, taxi and take off from RNAS Yeovilton (EGDY) The aircraft is owned by The Royal Navy and was first flown on 17th April 1934. It was designed to be a torpedo bomber. It was retired on 21 May 1945, but still flies today thanks to all the engineers and pilots that maintain her in the Historic Flight department at Yeovilton.

[vady]

Здорово что есть такие люди которые занимаются этим делом, приятно смотреть на самолёт который до сих пор в строю! Удачи Вам.

[martiniv]

Old Stringbag, a Legend of an Airplane 👌🏻😎

[tangonf]

Sometimes overlooked is the Sword fish contribution to convoy escort. Operating from escort carriers and armed with air -surface vessel radar and rockets the Swordfish was very effective patrol aircraft. Often their mere presence deterring an attack by a U-boat by forcing it to dive to safety they saved many ships. They were also credited with 20+ sunk in the Atlantic. They were also used as search/rescue, locating downed aircrew or survivors.

[marcusdemowbraytoys]

Great that it's flying again, I have just showed this to my Dad who used to sit in the middle seat (Observer/Navigator). Up front was Laurence Olivier at the controls! He and the Fleet Air Arm were not ideally suited!

[DavidThomas-jrlp]

When I was a kid, I lived just a few hundred yards from the airfield, and saw this aircraft very often !, the memories ! :-)

[securitychicken]

My Farther flew these during WW2. Just great to see vision of it. Still have his log books will see if he ever did any training for that station. He continued his flying post war in Australia. His last aircraft he flew was a Focker Fellowship ( F28). He had a great affection for the Swordfish.
Thanks for the vision.

[michaeldavis]

This was my first float plane in flight sim. Still among my favourites. It's great to see the real deal. Thank you.

[BELCAN]

If you can find a copy, Charles Lamb wrote a great little book about these aircraft titled: " To War in a Stringbag"

[tim]

Truly a LEGENDARY aircraft, and one with a robust beauty all her own. I just love the Swordfish. 🥰👍

[barriejones]

I spent a week working at Yeovilton. I had access to behind the small Blue Door. I had the privilege of helping to push this venerable old lady out of the hanger. Most treasured memory

[craigpennington]

Outstanding guys and it fires right up. What a treasure. No question, the guys who flew these in combat had nerves of steel and cast Iron balls.

[neilgutteridge]

Sank a bigger tonnage of axis shipping than any other design in aircraft.

[colcot]

I sprayed that aircraft back in 94 for the battle of Taranto celebration at the Yeovilton dope shop. We used WW2 drawings and cellulose paint. It was difficult working out how we would strip the old paint off. Those were the days.

[NearlyNativeNursery]

Beautifully restored and maintained. Superb to see it fly.

[AntonyJohn]

A beauty, never seen a tail dragger this beautiful!

[kyazerful]

This Makes me proud and honored. My now 93 year old grandpa was one of the telegraphist-air gunners during the sinking of the Bismarck. However him and his pilot got lost in the heavy fog and were forced to crash land in Sweden where he was then a POW until the end of the war.

[fernandoalvarez]

Un hermoso avión, con mucha historia. Llegó tarde a la era de los biplanos, y sin embargo, se ganó un lugar destacado en la aviación naval británica durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial.
Qué bueno que lo hayan podido preservar así.

[granskare]

I saw one of these Swordfish aircraft on display at the Canadian Sheerwater display...I was amazed at the size of this airplane.

[brustdiesel]

Turning over prop prior to start clears the oil out of the lower cylinders so that they don't hydraulically lock and blow off upon engine start.

[Goatboysminion]

Imagine flying that off a carrier in the North Atlantic and taking on the biggest, baddest Battleship in the German Navy! Respect.