Aircraft Photo of XP535 | Hawker Siddeley Gnat T1 | UK - Air Force | AirHistory.net #627446
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:XP535
Aircraft Original Type:Folland Fo-141/144 Gnat
Aircraft Generic Type:Hawker Siddeley Gnat/Ajeet
Aircraft Version:Hawker Siddeley Gnat T1
C/n (msn):FL537
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
Location
City / Airport:FarnboroughMap
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:ICAO: EGLF   IATA: FAB   Local: -   Other: -
Event:Farnborough International 1978
 
Photo Date:9 September 1978
Photo by:Kerry Taylor
Photo ID: 627446
Photo Comment

Farnborough International Airshow 1978. The Red Arrows. Delivered to the RAF on 29 May 1953. Retired to SAH Culdrose as A2679 on 21 Sep 1979 for ground instruction. To the UK civil register as G-BOXP on 03 Aug 1988. Sold to the USA in May 1989 as N8130N then to N1CW in Sep 1989. Destroyed in a fatal crash at Mojave, CA on 29 Sep 1990 when doing low level aerobatics for a film.

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