The Aviation Workshop’s latest addition to their On-Target series will be of interest to fans of Royal Navy aircraft carriers. The book, HMS Ark Royal Fifty Years of Flight 1955-2005, tells the story of the fourth and fifth ships to carry the proud name “Ark Royal” for the Royal Navy. Written by by Denis J. Calvert and Gary Madgwick and illustrated by Jon Freeman, the book will retail for $43.36

HMS Ark Royal Fifty Years of Flight 1955-2005 introduces the reader to the proud tradition the ships that bore the name Ark Royal. The book covers the fourth and fifth Ark Royals that served from 1995 until the present day. Also covered in the book are aircraft that tested or were or board these two famous aircraft carriers.

• Construction and First Commission 1955-56
  
• Second Commission 1956-58
  
• Third Commission 1959-61
  
• Fourth Commission 1961-63
  
• Fifth Commission 1964-66
  
• Sixth Commission 1970-73
  
• Seventh Commission 1974-76
  
• Final Commission 1977-78
  
• A New Ark Royal
  
• The Gulf and Balkans
  
• Joint Harrier and Joint Helicopter Command
  
• Iraqi Freedom
  
• Ark Royal Today and in the Future
  
• Test Aircraft
  
• Visiting Aircraft