FORMER BUCCANEER PILOT TOM EELES, HIGHLIGHTS THE SKILLS NEEDED TO OPERATE FROM A RUNWAY THAT’S PITCHING, ROLLING AND VERY, VERY SHORT!
BLACKBURN BUCCANEER
By today’s standards, HMS Victorious of 1967 was not a big aircraft carrier. She was 781ft (238m) long overall, her flight deck length measured 775ft with a width of 147ft and she displaced 35,500 tons at full load.