XT752 was one of three Gannets kept in excellent condition by the FAA after the type was retired, and was later sold to the Polar Aviation Museum in the US. On arrival there the aircraft was reassembled, restored to airworthiness and displayed on the airshow circuit, regularly stopping crowds who had no idea what this strange machine was! Sadly the museum closed its doors to visitors and the aircraft was put up for sale shortly afterwards. Unfortunately since then the situation has gone from bad to worse. There was a plan to bring the aircraft back to the UK as a flier, but the attempt to fly it back to the UK met with problems, getting only as far as Goose Bay in Canada with the accompanying engineer believing that an engine replacement would be necessary. The owner has had an in-depth engineering assessment of the aircraft carried out - this found several serious defects apparently not found by the previous engineer that could have caused the loss of the aircraft. Unfortunately things have gone even more pear-shaped since then, and the aircraft was the subject of a messy legal wrangle, with owner Shannan Hendricks informing me that "an attempt to steel the aircraft was made in 2006 using false documentation but the legal owner Shannan Hendricks exposed and stopped the illegal attempt to the authorities." Sadly the ensuing years saw no apparent movement and Shannan recently threatened to sue me for refusing to rewrite this entry to accord with her current preferences. If only as much energy had gone into getting the aircraft airworthy! Anyway, in late August 2010 some movement has finally occurred, with the aircraft reportedly loaded into an AN-124 heavy lift aircraft and flown to Minneapolis - so XT752 became airborne at last - as cargo.

Information on this page current as of 02/09/2010

Find other photos of XT752 on the following sites:

Air-Britain - Airliners.net - Airplane-Pictures.net - flickr.com - IrishAirPics.com - JetPhotos.net - PlanePictures.net

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