The McDonnell Douglas F4K Phantom FG.1 aircraft, serial XV589, coded 005/R, of 892 Naval Air Squadron taxiing forward on the Royal Navy aircraft carrier Ark Royal (1950) during flying operations in the Central Mediterranean. The aircraft has just landed. The photographer is looking to port and slightly forward from the flight deck at the base of the island. Two flight deck crew are superintending the movement of the aircraft and the tail of the aircraft is out of the picture.