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Hawker Hunter
Survivor 'XL578' (really XL586)
Riverside MOT Centre, Melksham, Wiltshire

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Hunter T.7 XL578 at Melksham, 23rd August 2009; Nigel Goodall/Historic Aero Services
XL586 was in use for some years as a gate guard by the Delta Jets hangar at Kemble but has now moved on, being transported by Historic Aero Services to new owners in Melksham in August 2009. The cluster bomb under the wing is decidedly non-standard - a joke by the Delta Jets ground crew that looked after her for several years - and she's gained the rear fuselage from XL578 hence the incorrect serial.

Information on this page current as of 23/08/2009

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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John Norris from Trowbridge 

Posted at 10:12am on Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

This aircraft has the correct number on the left hand side ie XL586

Nigel J Goodall from Ludgershall, Wilts 

Posted at 12:13pm on Thursday, August 20th, 2009

586 moved to Riverside MOT Centre in Melksham, Wiltshire on Wednesday 19th August, the work was undertaken by Historic Aero Services.

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