1+2. XP541 – used as static airframe in Hot Shots
3. XR951 – used in Hot Shots
4+6. XR993/N3XR – crashed on the way to filming Hot Shots – that’s all there is left!
5. XR998 + XS109 tails
7. XR998 – in jig to be stripped and rebuilt
8. XR998 + XS109 – in jigs
also present was XP513/N513X (no photo)
sorry about the quality of the photos – shot them in RAW and still poncing about with CS2 – I can get some better quality ones later if anybody is interested.
By: Mark12 - 15th May 2006 at 22:29
Here is XR991/G-BOXO leaving Cranfield for the US.
I alway thought that this was used in Hot Shots?
Mark
By: Short finals - 15th May 2006 at 21:36
The company involved is Astre Air and they have already rebuilt a number of Gnats for US owners. The owner, John Mulvey, informed me recently that he would be rebuilding XR998 and XS109 and he was looking for photos of them either as they were when in use at Halton or earlier. He also rebuilt XR980 for a New York customer and seeks photos of it as well.
The company website is http://www.astreair.com/
By: Fouga23 - 13th May 2006 at 10:00
Nice! Now if “The Navy would only get them flying again 😀
edit: some pics of them in the movie:
http://www.arcforums.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=61608&b=1&st=&p=&#entry
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