Day 348/22. Our Sea Vixen.

The Sea Vixen at the museum today.
This Sea Vixen FAW2 has seen Royal Navy service with 892, 893 and 899 squadrons. She is currently on view at Solent Sky thanks to the Hallett Collection.
The Sea Vixen had the distinction of being the first British two-seat combat aircraft to achieve supersonic speed, albeit not in level flight. Operating from British aircraft carriers, it was used in combat over Tanganyika and over Yemen during the Aden Emergency. In 1972, the Sea Vixen was phased out in favour of the American-made McDonnell Douglas Phantom FG.1 interceptor. There have been no flying Sea Vixens since 2017.