A huge BZ to S/M Richard Hobbs of Lee-on-the-Solent and Stubbington Branch, who has been instrumental in the organisation of a beautiful commemorative stone, soon to be erected on the site of the old HMS Daedalus airfield in Hampshire. With the co-operation of Fareham Borough Council, the stone is to be unveiled in June, on site at what is now Solent Airport. Thanks go to all those organisations that helped the RNA with the project, including the Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity (RNRMC), the Fleet Air Arm Armourers Association, the Fleet Air Arm Association and the Fly Navy Federation. Naval aviation first came to the area in 1917 with a seaplane base at Lee-on-the[1]Solent. An airfield was commissioned in May 1939 as HMS Daedalus, and the aerodrome became one the Fleet Air Arm’s most important sites. It spent a brief spell (1959-65) as HMS Arial, but then reverted to its original name and continued as a Fleet Air Arm asset until 1996. S/M Richard is pictured with the memorial stone.