Gents

Here some history regarding this cockpit. A small team from Hunter Flying went out to Oman in early 2005 to dismantle the jet and return it to Exeter, where it arrived on January 25th 2005. The jet is a T-66B serial number 801 and the owner of this aircraft was George Begg. George was also the owner of Hunter T-7 XL573 at the time and the plan was to return the jet to airworthy condition, but unfortunately its condition was so bad, that it was not a viable project. This next “idea” was to use the centre section of the fuselage to turn Hunter XL602, which George also owned, into a big engine aircraft, but this never happened.
Not only did the jet arrive from Oman, but a large quantity of Hunter parts and engines also made the trip to England, along with a large amount of sand! I hope this helps and fills in a few gaps.

Gents

A friend of mine flew his Pembroke to Duxford last Friday and performed a number of approaches at the airfield. He would like any photos of his first flight so could anyone help with his request?

Many thanks

Freebird

I know the Wattisham Station museum were keen to get their hands on this jet.

Gents

The Gannet will soon be departing to St Athan and will be used as spares for XL500

You know what stories are like John.

Bravo24 is right they were happy days, plus XL573 is still airworthy in the UK.:dev2:

Mark

I sent you some photos a few months ago. 😀

Gents

The P-40 dropped into White Waltham today and she looked and sounded great. 😀