BPF Torpedo Strike

[Rheged]

Of course he always had a soft spot for the Swordfish as he reckoned the ship had to back up under it in certain conditions 

Sounds like the story of the  new inexperienced  milkmaid being told, by the cow," You just hang on tight love, and I'll jump up and down"

[Captain Canada]

Nice one Chris ! That's an aeroplane I've always wanted to build, just to get the feeling for the size of it. Love big single engine birds !

[The Wooksta!]

Looks good, Chris.  Don't know how I missed it.

Not sure about the numbers.  I did something similar with my Magna one and got pulled about it. 

Got a number of this kit tucked away, along with Firebrand kits by various other manufacturers.  May well have to have a look at them later in the year.

[chrisonord]

I like the look of this bird Chris, looks to be a very fast and lethal piece of kit. I am not as clued up as I used to be on WW2 aircraft, the only ones that catch my eye these days are the ones that shout "stick a turbo prop engine in it!!" This is one of such birds too.
Chris

[comrade harps]

Job well done! Looks the goods.

[rickshaw]

Maybe they flew 'Seafire approaches' with the Firebrand? With the Seafires the FAA pilots flew them in on a curve the whole way, at least until the last few yards by when they could see the batman out of the port side of the cockpit. Rather them than me though!

Eric "Winke" Brown commented on his developing the curved approach in the Seafire but I see the chief test pilot for Supermarine claims he worked it out independently...    Must have made life interesting working out if the pilot was going to straighten up at the last moment or carry on over the side into the nets...

Yup and if you look at the stats an awful lot of them crashed ! Dad always reckoned he'd rather have US built aircraft aboard the carrier, wasn't as dangerous for the gun crews in the gun well. Of course he always had a soft spot for the Swordfish as he reckoned the ship had to back up under it in certain conditions 

I believed that happened several times, most notably during the Bismark chase when the carrier was forced to move out from under the Stringbag because the wind over the bows was as strong as the take off speed of the aircraft...