Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Pins and Buttons

The Hawker Nimrod was a single-seat biplane fighter which first flew in 1930 for operation from aircraft carriers. Its span was 3.5ft, later versions had backswept wings, a large tail, and deck arrestor gear. HDR created from one RAW file processed as three DNG files in Photomatix, adjustments in CS6 with some help from Topaz Filters. Nikon D3100 with Sigma 150-500 zoom.

The Fairey Swordfish, the legendary ‘Stringbag’, was a Torpedo Spotter Reconnaissance biplane dive-bomber which went into service with the Fleet Air Arm pre-war in 1936

A Royal Navy Sea Harrier pilot getting out of his fighter onboard HMS Illustrious.

The Hawker Nimrod, built by the British, was used as a naval fighter by the Fleet Air Arm.