the China station, the Flycatcher was active against Chinese pirates in the waters near Hong Kong. Variants Flycatcher Mk I Single-seat fighter aircraft for the Royal Navy. Flycatcher Mk II Prototype of planned replacement for Flycatcher I. Fundamentally a completely different aircraft from the Flycatcher I, the all-metal Flycatcher II was first flown on 4 October 1926 by Norman Macmillan, competing against the Gloster Gnatsnapper, Hawker Hoopoe, Armstrong Whitworth Starling and Vickers Type 123/141 to meet specification N.21/26. Specification later abandoned. No production. Operators Royal Air Force Fleet Air Arm 402 Flight 403 Flight 406 Flight 801 Squadron High Speed Flight RAF Museum exhibits No aircraft survives, but the Fleet Air Arm Museum holds a replica Flycatcher that was built in 1977. Registered as G-BEYB, it was flown until 1996, when it was put on static display. It is currently held in the museum's reserve collection, to which the public has only occasional access. Specifications (Flycatcher I) See also References Notes Bibliography "'Booted' Flycatchers". Air Enthusiast, No. 83, September–October 1999, p. 78. Crosby, Francis. The World Encyclopedia of Naval Aircraft. Lorenz Books, 2008. . Mason, Francis K. The British Fighter since 1912. Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institute Press, 1992. . Taylor, H. A. Fairey Aircraft since 1915. London: Putnam, 1974. . Thetford, Owen. British Naval Aircraft since 1912. London: Putnam, Fourth edition, 1978. . External links Fairey Flycatcher – British Aircraft Directory Flycatcher 1920s British fighter aircraft Flycatcher Carrier-based aircraft Single-engined tractor aircraft Biplanes Floatplanes Aircraft first flown in 1922