Aircraft Photo of XL580 | Hawker Hunter T8M | UK - Navy | AirHistory.net #654551
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:XL580
Military Code:VL-717
Aircraft Original Type:Hawker Hunter
Aircraft Generic Type:Hawker Hunter
Aircraft Version:Hawker Hunter T8M
C/n (msn):41H/693730
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
Unit Markings:FRADU - Fleet Requirements and Aircraft Direction Unit
Location
City / Airport:YeoviltonMap
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:ICAO: EGDY   IATA: YEO   Local: -   Other: -
Event:Yeovilton International Air Day 1982
 
Photo Date:31 July 1982
Photo by:Paul Seymour
Photo ID: 654551
Photo Comment

Delivered to the Royal Navy as Hunter T.8 XL580 in 1958. Converted to a T.8C in 1966 then to a T.8M in 1981. Withdrawn from use at Yeovilton in 1993. Transferred to the Fleet Air Arm Museum (FAAM) in 1994.

This photo is copyright © Paul Seymour, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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