File:Scimitar landing on HMS Ark Royal (R09) 1957.jpg

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Description The third pre-production Supermarine 544 Scimitar (s/n WW134) approaching the flight deck of the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal (R09) during carrier trials in the English Channel, 6 January 1957. This aircraft first flew in 1956 and was deliberately launched without a pilot off HMS Centaur (R06) as part of trials off Toulon, France, in the Mediterranean Sea on 24 October 1962.
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This photograph A 33670 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
Author Royal Navy official photographer

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