Sudan Strikemaster mystery?

Stieglitz, sorry to disappoint, but closer inspection will show the a.c as having , tinted canopy, shell discharge chutes under the intakes,and a couple of other vents, no strakes, cockpit coaming to accomodate a gunsight,etc;; ie Strikey………

ed. I could add..modified seats, different tyre pressures….

Sorry to disappoint YOU, but what you describe does not make it a Strikemaster as all these things were fitted to the export-variant of the Jet Provost T.5, which was the T.55 delivered to Sudan and exactly what this is.
Sudan was the only recipient of the JP T.55.

Stieglitz, sorry to disappoint, but closer inspection will show the a.c as having , tinted canopy, shell discharge chutes under the intakes,and a couple of other vents, no strakes, cockpit coaming to accomodate a gunsight,etc;; ie Strikey………

ed. I could add..modified seats, different tyre pressures….

A Ecuadorian Strikemaster, Guayaquil october 9 2005

This photo is six days old! Got anything newer ? 😀

Few weeks ago, Strikemasters and A37s flying

A Ecuadorian Strikemaster, Guayaquil october 9 2005

Sudan Jet Provost and Strikemaster info pix

Jet Provost T.51 s/n 103
T.52 s/n 124,139,143,157,162,173,175,180,181,185,190,195
T.55 c/n 101 s/n 167
102 177
179
103 187
104 192
105 197
Strikemaster 90 c/n 367,368
c/n 369 s/n 141 was G-16-28,369 tos Nov 19 1983
370 142 G-16-29,370 Nov 19 1983
143
371 144 G-16-30,371 Nov 28 1983
372 145 G-16-31,372 not del.
373/6

Chris Thornburg
www.worldairforces.com

It is a Jet provost Stringbag. Not a strikemaster. In 1979, Sudan (officialy) had 8 active Jet ptovost T52 and 3 active Jet Provost T55. Some more JP T52’s where reported to be stored at that point.

I couldn’t find any reports of Strikemasters in the Sudan Airforce in 1979.

Greets,

Stieglitz

What is this gentleman, Looks JP but it could be a Strikey?

If that’s the case then there are still three aircraft missing.
Perhaps they are stored at Salmesbury or went quietly to Saudi Arabia?

Another spin on this story!!!
It appears, judging by this document here, that Sudan did receive Strikemasters.

According to the report, they had three aircraft, which would leave seven out of the ten undelivered.
JJK’s article states that Ecuador express an interest in buying up three aircraft from the embargoed Sudan order, then another three aeroplanes later.
The Sultan of Oman Air Force get one Mk.90 as a replacement for a lost Mk.82 aircraft.

Is that the answer?

Hmm, I’m wondering if these ‘three’ are 3 of the remaining Jet Provost T.55s?
Seems strange there were no photos taken of them, either by BAC or by enthusiasts before delivery? Can’t believe they were wheeled out, started up and delivered at night without anyone seeing them? :confused:

Another spin on this story!!!
It appears, judging by this document here, that Sudan did receive Strikemasters.

According to the report, they had three aircraft, which would leave seven out of the ten undelivered.
JJK’s article states that Ecuador express an interest in buying up three aircraft from the embargoed Sudan order, then another three aeroplanes later.
The Sultan of Oman Air Force get one Mk.90 as a replacement for a lost Mk.82 aircraft.

Is that the answer?

All the RAFO Strikemasters had their wings and fuselage attachment points re-bushed in 1980-81. This was in response to wear causing cracks in the attachment points in other users aircraft. Bae. reckoned this would solve the problem. Not sure if 425 has had it done or not. It probably has not racked up enough hours yet. IIRC it did not come on charge till 1984-85.
403 had a new port wing fitted circa 1979 to replace the wing damaged by a birdstrike.

CC

Ecuador Air Force.

My report in 2000 lists 10 Strikemasters 89/89a/90’s and they belong to the Escuadron de Combate 2313 Squadron.

I’m told the Ecuador Strikeys are still flying!

I believe the SOAF Strikemaster came back with the Omani export Hunter T.7 late last year .

Yep. The Hunter is currently in store at Exeter with the Hunter Flying Club.

Sorry Dave, I know the RNZAF found fatigue cracks in some Strikemaster wings and replaced them, but how many got done is not known!

On the subject of JPs/Strikemasters, does anyone have any good quality photos of the JP T.Mk.2s G-AOUS and G-AOHD or of the Hunting T. Mk.1 demonstrator G-AOBU when it was owned by Huntings (not recent photos) in the 1950s?

I believe the SOAF Strikemaster came back with the Omani export Hunter T.7 late last year .

This is interesting. I had never heard of Ecuador having Strikemasters, nor Sudan’s involvement with them either.

Just to branch off a little, yet still on the Strikemaster topic, the question has been raised on the RNZAF forum about wing replacements. I wonder if anyone here has any answers?
http://rnzaf.proboards43.com/index.cgi?board=Postwar&action=display&thread=1127426864

Yes it is. 🙂

CC

It’s amazing how you can piece together jig-saws like this! That accounts for the out-of-sequence Oman serial :rolleyes: Thanks a lot guys!

Yes it is. 🙂

CC