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HMAS SYDNEY C.1957. A FAIREY FIREFLY AIRCRAFT LANDS ON HMAS SYDNEY. THE AIRCRAFT'S ARRESTOR HOOK HAS JUST ENGAGED AN ARRESTOR CABLE ON THE SHIP'S FLIGHT DECK BRINGING THE PLANE TO A SUDDEN HALT. FORWARD OF THE AIRCRAFT'S PROPELLER CAN BE SEEN A WIRE CRASH BARRIER USED AS A LAST MEANS OF STOPPING AIRCRAFT SHOULD THEY FAIL TO ENGAGE A CABLE. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)
KOREA 1953. A FAIREY FIREFLY AIRCRAFT SHOWN LANDING ON HMAS VENGEANCE. ARRESTOR CABLES CAN BE SEEN CROSSING THE SHIPS FLIGHT DECK AND THE ARRESTER HOOK DANGLING FROM THE AIRCRAFT. (NAVAL HISTORICAL CO
A damaged Fairey Firefly fighter aircraft of No. 817 Squadron caught in the arrestor cable and barricade webbing after a crash landing on the deck of aircraft carrier HMAS Sydney III, probably in Kore
Two unidentified 'hook men', members of the deck crew on the RAN aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne(II) R21, run to their positions for the landing of a Fairey Gannet anti-submarine aircraft. The arresto
Hawker Sea Fury FB.11 fighter aircraft (100) on its nose following a crash landing on the deck of HMAS III, probably in Korean waters. The aircraft failed to be caught properly by the arrestor cable.
UNITED KINGDOM. C.1948. A HAWKER SEA FURY FB.11 FIGHTER BOMBER AIRCRAFT (NO 096) OF THE ROYAL NAVY LANDS ON THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER HMAS SYDNEY (III) AND IS BROUGHT TO A HALT BY AN ARRESTOR WIRE DURING F
PACIFIC OCEAN. C.1945. A US NAVY CURTISS SB2C HELLDIVER BOMBER, STILL AIRBORNE AFTER ITS TAIL HOOK HAS MISSED THE ARRESTING GEAR, HAS ITS UNDERCARRIAGE CAUGHT IN THE CRASH BARRIER OF AN ESSEX CLASS AI
