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Mar. 03, 1973 - Fairey Firefly Takes Off From Heathrow: Saved from the scrap heap by Royal Navy officers who bought it seven years ago, this Fairey Firefly Mk 5 was about to take off yesterday for the Royal Navy Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset, from the former Great Western Airfield - now known as Heathrow Airport and more familiar to such giants as Jumbo jets. Capt. Keith Leppard, Yeovilton's commanding officer, was being handed first-day covers commemorating the 30th anniversary of a Firefly's first flip from the airfield before he swept down the runway, flew one circuit, and headed west

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