Could well have been FGA.9 XE624 on her way to her new owner, she was always out of the public’s view, so unless you had access to Pheonix’s yard then you would never have known she was there.

Their should be another Hunter out of Brunty soon, poor old T.7A XF321 due for the scrap man any day now.

Just how many are still flying in the world now day’s anyone.

Just the three (XW986, 987 & 988), all at Thunder City, Cape Town, South Africa…………………….At the moment!!!!!!!!! 😀

Just a few from our Archive.

What was the problem(s) with the Canberra this year??

Believed to have been undergoing a major service.

Where’s LesB, he will clear this up for you Rob, send him a PM just to give him a gentle nudge.

Cheers for showing us the image Mark12, unfortunately, I am far too young to even remember seeing an S.1 flying let alone the very first NA.39, but my Dad can remember seeing her at Farnborough in 1959, he was just 13 at the time and thought ( and still does) the airbrake arrangement was a very novel way of slowing the beasts down.

As for the roading of every Bucc from Brough to HOSM, before any aircraft were transported, Blackburn’s made a very crude but effective dimensions rig, each point of the rig would be to the exact Length, Height and Width of the proper aircraft, thus ensuring that they could figure out a route without damaging a multi million pound aircraft in the process, I will try and dig out a photo of it from my archive later.

Indeed Peter, she was scrapped at Elgin in October 1992.