It’s parked in our hangar at De Havilland Aviation or it’ll be out the back being prepped for flight… it’s not in the museum at the moment, nor does it belong to the museum. Contrary to popular belief, the museum doesn’t actually own any of the operational aircraft… they simply put a roof over them in return for having them on display. Both the Gnat and Sea Vixen are maintained and operated by De Havilland Aviation.
We are looking at smokebox options.
Most of the old RAFAT Gnats used part of the fuel compartment to store the diesel which used up a lot of fuel room. With the decommissioning of most of the old comms, there’s plenty of room in the body behind seat 2 to put a smoke generation system which will probably be the easier option and more effective option. Just a case of looking at who offers what.
Thank you for info cant wait too see her ,how many operational aircraft are there that are around the museum .And does De Havilland Aviation still own a Gloster Meteor , Cant wait too see her displaying or doing a flypast at Bournemouth in the near future 😎
BTW Is XM692 the Grey Gnat?
Regards
James
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