| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | XF291 |
| Military Code: | 789 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Hawker Hunter |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Hawker Hunter |
| Aircraft Version: | Hawker Hunter GA11 |
| C/n (msn): | |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Navy |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Coventry - BagintonMap |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: EGBE IATA: CVT Local: - Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 19 December 1970 |
| Photo from: | Richard Bowden Collection |
| Photo ID: | 823577 |
| Photo Comment |
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By the late 1960s Hawker Siddeley was heavily involved in a Hawker Hunter refurbishment programme, basically taking redundant UK examples and selling them on to foreign air forces. The work initially started at their Dunsfold plant with later involvement from their Bitteswell factory in Leicestershire. HSA used a hangar at Baginton for overflow storage and if you were lucky you got to see one of the Hunters being moved between factories. This example was eventually converted to F.58A standard for the Swiss Air Force (J-4118). Credit: Tony Lloyd collection This photo was added on 7 July 2025, and has since been viewed 66 times. |