HMS Ark Royal Air & Sea Museum

This is every aircraft in my fleet which spent time aboard the Royal Navy's Flagship Aircraft Carrier, the HMS Ark Royal.

Please note I will be modelling Aircraft & Helicopters from all Aircraft Carriers that have historically carried the name Ark Royal.

The aim is to one day have the whole collection set out on a scratch built 1/72 model of the HMS Ark Royal R09.

HMS Ark Royal "91:

HMS Ark Royal "R09":
As initially planned in 1944 she was to have 78 aircraft in hangar capacity alone, 90 overall with a deck park. She was to fly the Supermarine Seafire, Fairey Firefly, De Havilland Sea Hornet, Hawker Sea Fury, Fairey Barracuda, and Blackburn Firebrand. But once she entered service in 1956, it was deeply modified. Her new air group comprised 50 aircraft, Hawker Sea Hawk (jet), Westland Wyvern (turoprop), and De Havilland Sea Venom fighters (jet) as fighters. For assault and ASW she was to carry the latest Fairey Firefly, the Grumman Avenger, later replaced by the Fairey Gannet. For electronic warfare she operated the Skyraider EEW planes For SAR, plane guard, laisons she operated the Westland Dragonfly and Bristol Sycamore helicopters. In 1960 she operated 14 Supermarine Scimitar F.1, and six De Havilland Sea Vixen FAW.1 as well as four Fairey Gannet AEW.3 and no les than fourteen Wesltland Whirlwind HAS.7 for assault and a single Westland Dragonfly HR.5 for SAR. In 1977 at the end of her carrer, she operated 14 Phantom FG.1, 12 Blackburn Buccaneer S.2 (capable of carrying an atomic bomb), five Gannet AEW.3 and seven Sea King HAS.1, plus a Westland Wessex HU.5

HMS Ark Royal "R07":