From the very early days Fairey was one of the great names in British aviation, and although its successors no longer build aircraft, the name continues in other aeronautical spheres. During the long period from the 1914-18 War until well after the Second World War, Fairey’s name as always associated with British naval aircraft – there was the long series of Fairey IIIs which served the Royal Naval Air Service and the Fleets Air Arm and which in its final form saw widespread service with the RAF before being developed into the Gordon and the Seal.