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Hawker Hunter
Survivor XL578
Privately owned, Kirkstead, Lincolnshire

Hawker Hunter
Survivor XL578
Privately owned, Kirkstead, Lincolnshire

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Hunter T.7 XL578 at Kemble, 17th March 2002; author

Another one previously owned by Delta was XL578, which was used for spares, along with XL586. Once it had lost its usefulness as a 'Christmas tree', the previous idea of a cosmetic restoration went in the bin (plenty of other nicer airframes were available), and she was dumped on her belly in the fire dump/practice area of the airfield. She had been rescued from there and was supposedly under restoration at Wickenby Aerodrome, but in August 2010 she was moved to a private owner at Kirkstead. He intends to put her back together and put her on display in the future.

Information on this page current as of 25/08/2010

Find other photos of XL578 on the following sites:

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

Visitor Comments

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Geoff Parselle from Bradford on Avon Wilts	Posted at 7:38pm on Saturday, December 19th, 2009
DC - great to see it. I live in BOA and pass that way at times. I worked on them at RAF Gutersloh 1966-69 though mainly on FR10s as I was an RAF photographer both in the MFPUs and on 2 and 4 Sqns. Each Sqn had a T7 as well as the FR10s. Brings back good memories! Geoff
Nigel from Wiltshire	Posted at 3:39pm on Thursday, December 3rd, 2009
This aircraft can be found at Wickenby Aerodrome, Lincolnshire. The owner would be interested to know if anyone has the following spare: Rudder, Nose u/c leg and wheel, Main u/c and wheel units, tail cone, and tailplane.
dc from wiltshire	Posted at 11:29am on Thursday, September 3rd, 2009
for your information the two aircraft are reconstructed into one and again became an xmas tree, i then bought it and it stands outside my business premises in melksham wiltshire as a whole aircraft as at 01/09/2009 regards dc

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