Can any Museums Rescue a Hunter GA.11?

Thanyou Mark G,

I am so pleased that you have released that info on his previous sales,
he told me he got 5K each, and to be honest, I didnt know quite what it was worth,yet he told me years ago he sold some complete noses for £500, No he has none left,

I myself thought it a bit steep for a hulk, but saying that it has got its bang seat and is in much much better condition than the predanick hunter that was sold to a paintball park for £2000,

I am glad someone on the site is forefront in letting us know a rough idea of price, after deliberation, i think in its condition, it may be worth £3000, but never £5000,
but yet until i was told different , how would i know if i have never bought such a item,
thanks again
Chris C:D

It might be wise to wait for someone to verify my dodgy memory before getting too excited! My recollection is that they went for around the £1,800 mark…can anyone confirm that please? Or am I getting them confused with the Predannack one?

Either way, they went for nowhere near £5k. The trouble is people appreciate that buying an aircraft like this is one thing; dismantling, moving and re-assembling them is another thing altogether and costs a lot of money.

Something is worth what someone is willing to pay for it of course, and there have been cases where, in my opinion, excessive amounts of money have been paid for complete aircraft or cockpit sections. Good luck to the sellers in those cases!

As buccsociety says, these aircraft originally cost the seller a lot of money (and he had a lot of them at one point) so you can’t blame him for trying to get some of it back!

GA.11

Thanyou Mark G,

I am so pleased that you have released that info on his previous sales,
he told me he got 5K each, and to be honest, I didnt know quite what it was worth,yet he told me years ago he sold some complete noses for £500, No he has none left,

I myself thought it a bit steep for a hulk, but saying that it has got its bang seat and is in much much better condition than the predanick hunter that was sold to a paintball park for £2000,

I am glad someone on the site is forefront in letting us know a rough idea of price, after deliberation, i think in its condition, it may be worth £3000, but never £5000,
but yet until i was told different , how would i know if i have never bought such a item,
thanks again
Chris C:D

I suspect asking £5k for this is a bit of a try-on. It will go for nowhere near that on eBay.

He’s got to try and get some return on these Hunters after costing him a packet when he first brought them at Auction, I have heard that when he was bidding for some of them, he was bidding against himself, I don’t know how true that is but I have heard it more than once and from different sources.

I suspect asking £5k for this is a bit of a try-on. It will go for nowhere near that on eBay.

The seller will know that too, given that the last two Hunters he sold that way made less than £2k each, and one of those (a very complete and rare ex-RAF F.6) was a far more desirable aeroplane than any GA.11.

Thanks Merkle,

GA.11 WT744 then – pic here:

http://www.demobbed.org.uk/image_display.php?otype=600&types=600&aircraft=11597

is fin/rudder still absent?

Cheers

TT

Me and merkle where talking about this
the fin is with the aircraft a believe so that 1 less piece to take off 😀

Maybe a few people could contribute and “Joint” own it”
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GA.11

Yes as i said , complete aircraft,
fin was dismantled properly,and is in store in the hanger,
all thats missing is main blind flying panel, and engine missing ,
cheers
Chris 😮

Thanks Merkle,

GA.11 WT744 then – pic here:

http://www.demobbed.org.uk/image_display.php?otype=600&types=600&aircraft=11597

is fin/rudder still absent?

Cheers

TT

Well done for posting this M – I have one question – where is it located (the further away, the more the transport costs…)

Cheers

TT

Eaglescott airfield ,north devon

Sounds like it is worth saving and putting on display somewhere.. Is the GA 11 a variant popular with museums already??

Well done for posting this M – I have one question – where is it located (the further away, the more the transport costs…)

Cheers

TT