Fly Navy Phil @FlyNavyPhil

Ex Royal Navy, Ex Royal Navy Reserve, always Fleet Air Arm. Falklands Veteran England Joined June 2013

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Fly Navy Phil @FlyNavyPhil

3 days ago

@scottyeders @SoapboxCharlie Wot! No Naval Aviators?

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Aviation @xAviation

4 days ago

A CH-46D "Sea Knight" from HC-11 lifts off from one Navy ship, grabs a supply load mid-air, and delivers it to USS Midway - all while hovering over the open sea. 📹: thenavalaviationpodcast

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Aviation @xAviation

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Never gets old! Triple Tomcat Launch from an Aircraft Carrier! 📹: Jason Hartberger

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4 days ago

Okay everyone. What do you watch on TV if you don’t like Tennis or Football? Any recommendations?

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What is wrong with this photo?

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@iISeeNoSignals Beat you to it!

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@michaelcook001 Yep

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@40Falklands Yes, count me in.

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@Hantsprints *landing

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@Classicbritcom @seventiesuk He w up lol always be Sir Lancelot Spratt to me!

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Lee Chapman 🇬🇧 @Lee_MJ_Chapman

3 weeks ago

44 years ago today, the guns fell silent. 255 British servicemen never came home. Thousands more carried the physical and mental scars of the Falklands long after the fighting ended. They answered their nation's call without hesitation. Today, we remember their courage, their sacrifice, and the families who paid the highest price. We will remember them. 🇬🇧🌺 #Falklands #WeWillRememberThem

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On This Day RN @OnthisdayRN

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#OnThisDay 1982: Argentina surrenders @RoyalMarines and @BritishArmy, supported by gunfire from @RoyalNavy, make the final assault on Port Stanley. The Royal Navy mobilised 112 ships (RN, RMAS, RFA, STUFT). 907 died (649 Argentine, 255 British and 3 locals).

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Fly Navy Phil @FlyNavyPhil

3 weeks ago

@wessextornado @RDPHistory Nige was later my CO on 814 and my Wings at Portland. Good man.

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@wessextornado @RDPHistory I was C Flight with David Larmour

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3 weeks ago

@Telegraph It’s either identical or it isn’t. It can’t be “nearly” identical. I think the word you are looking for is “similar”.

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3 weeks ago

@wessextornado @RDPHistory 826? Which flight?

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Gary Holman @GaryGaryholman

3 weeks ago

She had almost made it. Lieutenant Lily-Mae Fisher had spent years fighting to become something no woman in the Royal Navy had ever been — a fully qualified female Commando pilot. She had passed every test, endured every grueling assessment, and earned the respect of everyone who flew alongside her. Her wings ceremony was scheduled for later this month. On the night of June 3rd, 2026, she climbed into a Merlin Mk4 helicopter near Okehampton, Devon, for what should have been her final training flight. She was 31 years old. She was almost there. The helicopter went down in a field near Sourton Down just before 4 in the morning. All three crew members aboard were killed instantly. With Lieutenant Fisher were Lieutenant Commander Chris Gayson — a 42-year-old instructor and experienced pilot who had dedicated his career to shaping the next generation of Royal Navy aviators — and Petty Officer Owen Green, a 24-year-old aircrewman of 845 Naval Air Squadron who had his whole life ahead of him. Three families. Three doors knocked on in the darkness. Three futures that will never be. The First Sea Lord confirmed the tragedy. The King wrote personally to each family. The Prime Minister offered his condolences. Tributes poured in from military leaders across the country — from people who had served with them, trained alongside them, admired them from afar. But no tribute changes what happened in that field before dawn. Lily-Mae Fisher broke barriers simply by showing up — by refusing to accept that certain doors were closed to women in the Commando forces. She didn't just serve her country. She redefined what service could look like. She was a trailblazer not because she sought the title, but because she refused to stop moving forward. Chris Gayson dedicated himself to making better pilots, safer skies, stronger crews. Owen Green, just 24, had already given years of his life to something larger than himself. All three of them believed in something worth getting into a helicopter for at 4 in the morning. That matters. That should be remembered. Rest in peace, Lieutenant Lily-Mae Fisher. Lieutenant Commander Chris Gayson. Petty Officer Owen Green. You are not forgotten.