Simon's Sircus Aerobatic Team Brochure 1968
The rare brochure for the Fleet Air Arm aerobatic team Simon's Sircus. Formed by 892 NAS flying the Sea Vixen FAW.2 the team lasted just one season during 1968.
" ..it has been hard work, especially as the Sea Vixen is a very large and very heavy aircraft.."
892 Sqd CO and 'Simon' of "Simon's Sircus" Sea Vixen aerobatic display team fame was Lt. Cdr Simon Idiens. Idiens was later killed after ejecting from Phantom FG.1 XT876 off Trevose Head, Cornwall on 10 Jan 1972. He was step-father of actress Kristen Scott-Thomas, who's father Lt Cdr Simon Scott-Thomas had been killed in 1966 in a 893 Sqn Sea Vixen crash.
