Folland Gnat - Survivor XR534
T.1 XR534 - Newark Air Museum, Newark, Nottinghamshire
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Gnat T.1 XR534 at Newark Air Museum, 29th December 2018; Jake Wallace
First flown on 24th May 1963, XR534 entered service with the CFS at Little Rissington and continued with the CFS until damaged in an accident in May 1970. Repaired and returned to service with 4 FTS, she remained with them - excepting a brief period on loan to the CFS - until April 1977 when she was grounded and used for spares.
XR534 was then allocated for display purposes outside the Officers' Mess at RAF Valley, eventually moving to gate guard duties on a pole near the airfield entrance. Acquired by the Newark Air Museum when it was time for Valley to get a Hunter-on-a-stick instead, she's spent some years undergoing an in-depth restoration, and as you can see they have worked their usual magic through the canopy is still rather milky due to years of direct sunlight. She can be seen today undercover in one of Newark's hangars.
XR534 was then allocated for display purposes outside the Officers' Mess at RAF Valley, eventually moving to gate guard duties on a pole near the airfield entrance. Acquired by the Newark Air Museum when it was time for Valley to get a Hunter-on-a-stick instead, she's spent some years undergoing an in-depth restoration, and as you can see they have worked their usual magic through the canopy is still rather milky due to years of direct sunlight. She can be seen today undercover in one of Newark's hangars.
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