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ROYAL NAVY HMS DAEDALUS ENGINEERING SCHOOL RECRUITING FILM 56114
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This 1973 short film promotes the H.M.S. Daedalus, the
Naval Air Engineering School. The film opens with a shot
of helicopters taking off from an aircraft carrier
(00:16), then cuts to scene of a student doing a flight
simulation with a Wessex V mockup (00:36). The school s
female students, known as wren air mechanics (01:30),
also study naval engineering. Students learn about and
work on helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft, such as the
Sea Vixen fighter plane (02:42). The men and women at
H.M.S. Daedalus learn to load aircraft with bombs (04:50)
and mount machine guns (05:38), as well as reading
instruments in mock cockpits, such as one in a Westland
Sea King helicopter mockup (06:31). Students enjoy having
the opportunity to build their own small aircraft too,
such as a Kittiwake (07:41).
Royal Naval Air Station Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus) was
one of the primary shore airfields of the Fleet Air Arm.
First established as a seaplane base in 1917 during the
First World War, it later became the main training
establishment and administrative centre of the Fleet Air
Arm. Situated near Lee-on-the-Solent in Hampshire,
approximately four miles west of Portsmouth on the coast
of the Solent at grid reference SU560019, the
establishment has now been closed down. The airfield
hosts the Solent Enterprise Zone.
The Mitchell Kittiwake is a British single engine
sporting aircraft designed for amateur building. Plans
were available for both single-seat and two-seat
versions, but only four were constructed. In addition to
the prototype, two Kittiwake Is were built, one by Royal
Navy apprentices in 1971 for glider towing. For this role
a larger diameter (6 ft 4 in, 1.93 m) propeller is
fitted, increasing the rate of climb by 24%. A tow
release hook is fitted under the tail. Only one Kittiwake
II, the prototype, was built. One Kittiwake was active
until at least at 2005 and the other is still active.
They remain on the UK Civil Register. These are the
prototype, G-ATXN and the ex-Naval G-BBRN. The latter is
painted, as in its Naval days, as XW784.
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Date Published: 2020-05-03 16:16:36
Identifier: 56114-hms-daedalus
Item Size: 146521167
Media Type: movies
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