Half a million pounds will be spent keeping the Fleet Air Arm’s most iconic aircraft in the skies – wowing the crowds and serving as a living memorial to naval aviators.
The Fly Navy Heritage Trust expects to receive £500,000 from fines imposed on the banks for the LIBOR scandal so it can carry out repairs and build up a surplus of spare parts for a pair of World War 2 Swordfish.
The trust raises money to keep the vintage torpedo bombers airborne – as well as other legends of naval aviation in the Royal Navy Historic Flight, the Fleet Air Arm’s equivalent of the RAF’s Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.
http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/news/2015/february/05/150205-swordfish
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