The 'Second' Battle of the Falklands

[Pelican]

Veteran Navy aircraft head to Falklands for museum exhibition on 1982 conflict

Two iconic Royal Navy aircraft are on an 8,000-mile journey to become centrepieces of a new museum in the Falklands.

A retired Sea Harrier jump jet and Lynx helicopter are being transferred to the South Atlantic as islanders create an exhibition dedicated to the men and women who liberated the Falklands from Argentine rule in 1982.

The museum in the capital Stanley has an existing gallery recounting the story of the conflict, but it’s expanding it and adding a new hall for larger exhibits – including the two veteran aircraft.

Neither are able to fly to the Falklands, or be transported by air. By sea is the only option.

So the military’s experts in such delicate moves – the Joint Aircraft Recovery and Transportation Squadron (JARTS), a combined RN-RAF unit at Boscombe Down in Wiltshire – were called in by RNAS Yeovilton in Somerset to disassemble the Harrier and transport the special load up the A303 back to their home.

Overseeing the move for JARTS is Chief Petty Officer Stewart Wright – a former Harrier engineer who maintained the aircraft at sea and on land, including tours of duty in Afghanistan.

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[Pelican]

Veteran Navy aircraft head to Falklands for museum exhibition on 1982 conflict

Two iconic Royal Navy aircraft are on an 8,000-mile journey to become centrepieces of a new museum in the Falklands.

A retired Sea Harrier jump jet and Lynx helicopter are being transferred to the South Atlantic as islanders create an exhibition dedicated to the men and women who liberated the Falklands from Argentine rule in 1982.

The museum in the capital Stanley has an existing gallery recounting the story of the conflict, but it’s expanding it and adding a new hall for larger exhibits – including the two veteran aircraft.

Neither are able to fly to the Falklands, or be transported by air. By sea is the only option.

So the military’s experts in such delicate moves – the Joint Aircraft Recovery and Transportation Squadron (JARTS), a combined RN-RAF unit at Boscombe Down in Wiltshire – were called in by RNAS Yeovilton in Somerset to disassemble the Harrier and transport the special load up the A303 back to their home.

Overseeing the move for JARTS is Chief Petty Officer Stewart Wright – a former Harrier engineer who maintained the aircraft at sea and on land, including tours of duty in Afghanistan.

https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-l ... m_iYtdD_oC

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