An old interwar workhorse of the newly-born Fleet Air Arm, they enjoyed long service life that only surpassed by the BAe Harrier family , anyone recognize?

Fairey Flycatcher Mk.I, No. 405 Flight, HMS Glorious, Fleet Air Arm, Spring 1931

The Flycatcher holds the honor of being the first purpose-built carrier-borne fighter to be designed and enter production. It remained as the FAA's primary Fleet Fighter for over 10 years (an achievement only equalled by the Sea Harrier), and was remembered with affection by the pilots who flew it. One, Air Commodore G.J. Christopher Paul, who was later Manager of "Air Pictorial" following retirement from active service, wrote of the Flycatcher, "It was a small and very responsive aeroplane, in which the pilot seemed only to have to think a maneuver for the Flycatcher to follow his thoughts."

For its time, the Flycatcher exhibited excellent performance, though its maximum speed of 133 m.p.h. was not substantially more than that of the fighters of the last years of World War I. The airplane had outstanding aerobatics and ease of handling. Its wingspan of 29 feet enabled it to be raised and lowered on the deck elevator without need of wing folding. It used variable-camber wings in which Fairey-patented flaps ran the span of the upper and lower wings - with the outer sections doubling as ailerons - which steepened the glide path and shortened both landing and take-off runs. In tests at Martlesham Heath, with no wind and a zero flap setting, the unstick distance was 363 feet; with a flap setting of 8 degrees, this was reduced to 199 feet! With 8 degrees of flaps, landing speed was reduced to a mere 47 m.p.h. Stability was so good in a dive that the airplane could be dived vertically at terminal velocity with no danger of overstressing it on pullout.

I admit it's hard to do interwar-era art due to 'reference gap' during this period, this was worsened by the fact that RAF and FAA were just formed on late 1920's. For this piece i had to rely on period photos and and drawing due to the fact that, out of 196 Flycatchers built, not a single example survives today (apart from single replica which i used as shading ref). But i tried my best to made this piece as accurately as possible

NOTE: I also posted this on my alternate account on DA under my other username Rajaahsani