Sailor series. HMS Ark Royal. Buccaneer landings and bolters

Sailor, The 1976 BBC series set on HMS Ark Royal. Blackburn Buccaneer landings and bolters.
The Buccaneer in question 030/R XV333 is currently enjoying retirement on display at the Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovilton.

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• Ark
• Royal;
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• Blackburn
• Buccaneer;
• Royal
• Sailing;
• Sailor
• Sailor;
• series

[dom86juve]

this is great footage, considering buying the DVD set of the series.

[Popeetog]

@dom86juve good luck on searching the dvd set out. They're as rare as rocking horse sh*t at moment and fetching silly prices. Glad I got mine when I did

[waffoorn]

What I find strange is the air intakes appear round. I worked on and aroung the Mk 2 for some years and I remember them being eliptical.

[Popeetog]

This got me thinking. Having nothing better to do this a.m. i've trawled though numerous shots of Buccaneers there appears to be two shapes of air intakes. The S1 appears to have the smaller circular intakes while S2's eliptical - I can't believe the FAA were still using underpowered S1 in 1976/7

[dru4m]

The brits made a big mistake getting rid of their large deck carriers.

[JollyRodders]

I remember this when it was first shown on TV. The Ark Royal was broken up in about 1980 and of course the RN could have done with her, and her aircraft, in the fleet during the Falklands conflict in 1982.

[xsf908]

@dru4m I totally agree this ship has been so useful in Falkands war

[FAAFLYNAVY]

@waffoorn From my fading memory I believe some of the 809 squadron buccs were fitted with these round air intakes around 1975 as an experiment to see if it improved the airflow through the Rolls Royce spay engines.

The S1 buccs were fitted with the De-havilland gyron junior engines

[FAAFLYNAVY]

@fillyerboots1 I think you might be wrong, surely that is Keith Summerville-Jones, a bit of a prat but a bloody good pilot, hardly ever missed the second wire.

[Grahampk73]

I bought the DVD boxset this year from the Fleet Air Arm Museum in Yeovelton. Great to watch but sad that we have this capability for ten years.

[pascaljh]

@palmersperry Thank you. Never knew about that one. Interesting aircraft with a unique look.

[palmersperry]

@pascaljh Fairy Gannet AEW3.

[pascaljh]

What is the propeller type aircraft on the deck next to the island?

[pimpleburger]

Yeah, adapting to landing on a carrier must be a real mind bender lol. Still cautious and accurate over and above reckless abandon and bravado every time

[ToonandBBfan]

The good old Bucc was a great airplane