Hawker Hunter - Survivor XE584
F.6 XE584 - Privately owned (for sale), Fort Perch Rock, New Brighton, Wirral
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Hunter F.6 XE584 at Newark, 20th June 2010; Damien Burke
XE584 was first flown, as an F.6, on 23rd March 1956 and initially issued to 19 MU the next month, then onward to 5 MU before being delivered to the Central Fighter Establishment at RAF West Raynham. She soon joined the Day Fighter Leader Squadron, coded G, before moving to 263 Squadron, coded W, before moving on to join 1(F) Squadron. In January 1958 she was loaned to 111 Squadron, the Black Arrows, and took part in the 22 aircraft loop at the Farnborough airshow on 4th September 1958. By December 1960 she was back with 1(F) Sqn and was the personal aircraft of Flt Lt Alan Pollock (he of flying through Tower Bridge fame) and was used by him to bomb the stricken Torrey Canyon oil tanker off the English coast in an attempt to ignite the oil cargo and sink the ship. She was upgraded to FGA.9 at some point after this. In March 1970 she moved to 8(F) Sqn, and then in May 1971 moved to 208(F) Sqn. After a period in storage with 5 MU, she was used for night instrument evaluation trials at Farnborough in 1974 before being retired and bought back by Hawkers in February 1976.
In 1979 Hawkers disposed of her as scrap and the scrapyard retained the nose section, which was then sold on in 1988 to Macclesfield Aviation Group. I first saw her (in camo colours) on an outing to the then-annual BAe/RAFA Woodford airshow in 1998. She had just been acquired by Mike Davey and Graham Sparkes and was then extensively restored (back to F.6 standard) and repainted black to represent a Black Arrows aircraft. She was on display at Hooton Park for nearly 20 years before the current owner bought her. She is now up for sale again.
In 1979 Hawkers disposed of her as scrap and the scrapyard retained the nose section, which was then sold on in 1988 to Macclesfield Aviation Group. I first saw her (in camo colours) on an outing to the then-annual BAe/RAFA Woodford airshow in 1998. She had just been acquired by Mike Davey and Graham Sparkes and was then extensively restored (back to F.6 standard) and repainted black to represent a Black Arrows aircraft. She was on display at Hooton Park for nearly 20 years before the current owner bought her. She is now up for sale again.
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