Scimitar losses also produced experience that informed later aircraft design and operating practice. Lessons from the type fed into the development and construction of other Royal Navy aircraft. Its flexibility was useful in the air, while its size made that same flexibility dangerous within a British carrier's cramped operating space. The troubled service record still advanced institutional knowledge in naval aviation.
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Accident experience feeds later aircraft development
The Scimitar's painful operating record still generated lessons that helped the Royal Navy improve later carrier aircraft and procedures.