The navy stipulated a requirement for a carrier capable Long Range Submarine Hunter and this is a pre production prototype. Four jets, folding wings, the ability to land on a short pitching deck or a rough short field and the lifting ability for a load of fuel and a stack of stores make this plane a firm favourite with pilots. The crew tasked with hunting the submarines also quite like it as the small engines and low wing loading make it far more comfortable to sit in staring at a scr... reen for up to six hours at a time. The plane isn't fast, doesn't have sparkling handling and won't win a prize in a beauty pageant but enjoy it for what it is and what the wings can and do do, she's best enjoyed skimming 200ft above the water at about 200mph.   read more