Fairey Gannet - Survivors
Gannet sunset; John Eacott
The Gannet hasn't done too badly in retirement, with examples of each variant still to be found and even the possibility of up to three flying examples at some point in the future. The airframe, being designed for carrier landings, is tough and extensive anti-corrosion features help it survive in the open air at museums. None of the prototypes survived; neither did any of the prototypes of the competing Blackburn or Shorts designs.
Click on the serial of a survivor entry for further information. Please comment on any individual survivor entry you feel requires an update!
Complete aircraft
Serial | Mark | Owner & location | Updated |
XA331 | AS.1 | Queensland Air Museum, Caloundra, Queensland, Australia | 16/03/2009 |
XA334 | AS.1 | Camden Museum of Aviation, Narellan, New South Wales, Australia | |
XA434 | AS.1 | Australian National Museum of Flight, Nowra, New South Wales, Australia | 24/06/2010 |
XG789 | AS.1 | Air Museum, Moorabbin, Victoria, Australia | 29/03/2009 |
Serial | Mark | Owner & location | Updated |
XA508 | T.2 | Midland Air Museum, Coventry Airport, Warwickshire | 16/05/2022 |
Serial | Mark | Owner & location | Updated |
XL450 | AEW.3 | Luftwaffenmuseum, Hermeskeil, Germany | 02/08/2021 |
XL472 | AEW.3 | South Wales Aviation Museum (stored), St. Athan, Wales | 24/02/2023 |
XL482 (ex N1350X) | AEW.3 | Pima Air & Space Museum, Tucson, Arizona, USA | 15/06/2021 |
XL497 | AEW.3 | Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum, Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland | 31/08/2021 |
XL500 (G-KAEW) | AEW.3 | South Wales Aviation Museum (restoration to fly), St. Athan, Wales | 24/02/2023 |
XL502 (ex G-BMYP) | AEW.3 | Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington, Yorkshire | 25/09/2023 |
XL503 | AEW.3 | Fleet Air Arm Museum (stored), RNAS Yeovilton, Somerset | 04/11/2021 |
XP226 | AEW.3 | Newark Air Museum, Winthorpe, Nottinghamshire | 15/05/2023 |
Serial | Mark | Owner & location | Updated |
105 (AS-05) | AS.4 | Bumi Moro Naval Academy, Surabaya, Indonesia | 16/03/2022 |
AS-00 | AS.4 | Museum Pusat TNI - Satria Mandala (Armed Forces Central Museum), Jakarta, Indonesia | 15/06/2021 |
'AS-00' (actually AS-07) | AS.4 | Lanudal Juanda NAS Museum, Surabaya, Indonesia | 13/06/2021 |
'UA106' (really UA110, ex XG840) | AS.4 | Luftwaffenmuseum, Berlin-Gatow, Germany | 29/03/2009 |
UA112 (ex XG852) | AS.4 | Technik Museum Speyer, Germany | 13/06/2021 |
UA113 (ex XG853) | AS.4 | Aeronauticum Nordholz, Germany | 14/06/2021 |
Serial | Mark | Owner & location | Updated |
XA466 | COD.4 | Fleet Air Arm Museum, (stored), RNAS Yeovilton, Somerset | 08/08/2022 |
Serial | Mark | Owner & location | Updated |
XG882 (composite with XA463 and XG889) | T.5 | Privately Owned (derelict), Errol Airfield, Tayside, Scotland | 08/11/2021 |
XG883 | T.5 | Museum of Berkshire Aviation, Woodley, Berkshire | 09/05/2022 |
XG888 | T.5 | Australian National Museum of Flight, Nowra, New South Wales, Australia | 07/2002 |
XT752 (N752XT, ex G-APYO, WN365) | T.5 | Privately owned, (Restoration to flight), Woodville, Wisconsin, USA | 05/08/2023 |
Serial | Mark | Owner & location | Updated |
XA459 | ECM.6 | Solway Aviation Museum, Carlisle Airport, Cumbria | 20/08/2023 |
XA460 | ECM.6 | Ulster Aviation Society, Long Kesh, Lisburn, Northern Ireland | 06/03/2022 |
XG797 | ECM.6 | Imperial War Museum, Duxford Airfield, Cambridgeshire | 29/03/2009 |
XG831 | ECM.6 | Davidstow Airfield & Cornwall at War Museum, Davidstow, Cornwall | 11/10/2022 |
Nose/cockpit/other sections
Serial | Mark | Owner & location | Updated |
N/A | Simulator | The Aeroplane Collection, Hooton Park Airfield, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire | 07/08/2012 |
N/A | Simulator | Davidstow Airfield & Cornwall at War Museum, Davidstow, Cornwall | 11/10/2022 |
Serial | Mark | Owner & location | Updated |
WN411 | AS.1 | Privately owned, Southampton, Hampshire | 10/07/2021 |
Serial | Mark | Owner & location | Updated |
XL449 | AEW.3 | Robin Phipps, Steventon, Oxfordshire | 17/02/2022 |