Our collection traces the dramatic shift in naval air power, starting with the piston-engine champion, the Hawker Sea Fury, which achieved the impossible by downing a MiG-15 jet. This gave way to the first jets like the Blackburn Buccaneer strike pioneer and the supersonic McDonnell Douglas Phantom FG.1 fighter. Naval aviation then revolutionized with the V/STOL Sea Harrier, whose agile performance in the 1982 Falklands War cemented its iconic status as the defender of the fleet.
