On Saturday and Sunday, a Hunter overflew my village at about a thousand feet. I’m not a full-blown aerogeek so don’t follow these things closely, but I was unaware there were any still in service: this one wears natural metal finish, non-shiny, with large dayglo orange patches on wings and tail. On the Saturday I heard an approaching jet and stepped out of my garage; as I did so the Hunter was almost directly above, and promptly did a double slow roll, almost as if for my benefit! Beautiful and stirring sight. I was surprised that it appeared again on Sunday.
Couldn’t make out any ID markings, but does anyone know where this might be based? Is it in fact RAF, or in civilian ownership?
hps
By: markp451a - 16th February 2009 at 19:20
More pics can be found here
http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=70316
By: hpsauce - 16th February 2009 at 18:02
Thanks, spot on! Lovely pics. It was around again today I think, heard the thunderous roar but was too slow to catch sight of the plane.
hps
By: pagen01 - 16th February 2009 at 13:16
Thanks for the image Mark, she looks fantastic.
Excellent website, pics and layout BTW.
By: stringbag - 16th February 2009 at 12:24
By: freebird - 16th February 2009 at 10:31
Devon Hunter
hpsauce
The aircraft in question was G-BWGL. This aircraft is a Mk T-8C and its military serial was XF357. The aircraft is now painted in the markings of the Royal Netherlands Air Force, with the serial “N-321”. The aircraft is owned by the Dutch Hawker Hunter Foundation and it was on a test flight from Exeter.
Hope this helps.
Freebird
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February 16, 2009 at 9:51 am