Last update 1 December 2020 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| FOLLAND GNAT / HINDUSTAN HF.24 AJEET ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| GT005 • F Mk.1 IE1076 (to Indian AF as IE1076, E1076) .59 (assembled by Hindustan Aircraft, Bangalore) David C. Tallichet/ MARC, Chino CA 86/08 (stored dism. MARC compound Chino 88) USAFM, March AFB CA: loan, displ. 89/18 (displ. as IAF “E1076" later red "RAF Red Arrows", being prepared for new paint scheme 17) ______________________________________________________________________________________ - • F Mk.1 IE1214 (built by Hindustan Aircraft, Bangalore) Hindustan (to Indian AF as IE1214) .62 David C. Tallichet/ MARC, Chino CA 86/08 (stored dism. MARC compound Chino 88/02) ______________________________________________________________________________________ GT038 • F Mk.1 IE1222 (built by Hindustan Aircraft, Bangalore) Hindustan (to Indian AF as IE1222, E222) .59 David C. Tallichet/ MARC, Chino CA 86/04 (stored dism. MARC compound Chino 88/97) Mid America Air Museum, Liberal KS: loan 97/15 ______________________________________________________________________________________ FL.504 • T Mk. 1 XM694 RAF Bedford: inst. airframe 90 sold to USA, dep. storage Sproughton UK .97 N694XM Astre Air International, Aurora CO 18.5.00/02 Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson AZ 6.02/20 (displ. in green prototype scheme RAF “XM694”) ______________________________________________________________________________________ FL.507 • T Mk. 1 XM697 Air Training Corps, Woking, Surrey 74/89 G-NAAT Jet Heritage Ltd/ Hunter Wing Ltd, Hurn 27.11.89/95 (arr. dism. Bournemouth-Hurn ex Woking 22.12.89, stored Hurn awaiting rest. to fly 89/95) not flown, struck-off reg. 10.4.95 John Hallett/ Jet Heritage Museum, Hurn 98 (partly rest., trucked to Dunsfold 18.7.98 ex Hurn for storage pending planned rest. to fly) Derek Johnson 01/03 Bournemouth Aviation Museum, Hurn: loan 01/02 Hunter Flying Club, Exeter: loan .02/06 (trucked to Exeter .02 for static displ.) Retro Aviation 2.06 (rest. as all red RAF Red Arrows “XM697”) Reynard Nurseries, Carluke, Scotland: trucked 21.6.06/13 (displ. at nursery) ______________________________________________________________________________________ FL.508 • T Mk. 1 XM698 RAF Halton: inst. airframe “M70” 72/74 RAF Exhibition Flight, Abingdon: travelling displ. 5.70/81 RAF Leeming: displ. RAF Museum, RAF Cosford 86 N698XM James E. Thompson, St Cloud FL 4.2.87/14 struck-off USCR 29.10.14 ______________________________________________________________________________________ FL.510 • T Mk. 1 XM705 RAF Bruggen: inst. airframe 12.77/81 N705XM James E. Thompson, St Cloud FL 4.2.87/14 (stored dism. unrest: rear fuselage used in rebuild of XP514 at Long Beach CA 10.97) struck-off USCR 29.10.14 ______________________________________________________________________________________ FL.514 T Mk. 1 XM709 RAF Halton: inst. airframe “67” 4.3.79/90 sold at Ministry of Defence auction: poor condition 9.3.90 rep. sold to USA ______________________________________________________________________________________ FL.517 • T Mk. 1 XP502 RAF St Athan: inst. airframe 90 RAF Halton: inst. airframe 91 Delta Engineering Aviation Ltd, Kemble .00/08 (under inspection for CofA at Kemble 00, static displ. Kemble in RAF Red Arrows scheme 05/08 ______________________________________________________________________________________ FL.518 • T Mk. 1 XP503 RAF Halton: inst. airframe “03” later “73” 88/91 Vintage Aircraft Team, Bruntingthorpe: stored .92/95 (trucked ex Halton to Bruntingthorpe 18.1.92) N503KC Randal D. Fields, Palo Alto CA 15.8.01/12 reg. expired 30.6.12, struck-off USCR 15.6.17 ______________________________________________________________________________________ FL.519 T Mk. 1 XP504 RAF: ff Hamble 6.9.62 RAF Halton: inst. airframe “68”: del. 4.3.79/91 sold at Ministry of Defence auction 11.91 Tim J. Manna, Leavesden 11.91 G-TIMM Tim J. Manna/ Kennet Aviation, Cranfield later North Weald 19.2.92/08 (trucked ex Halton to Leavesden 16.1.92 for rest., ff Leavesden 15.11.92, flies as RAF "XM693", moved by road to new base North Weald .03, flies as RAF “XS111”) Swept Wing Ltd, Milton Keynes 13.11.08/10 Heritage Aircraft Ltd, North Weald 9.11.10/15 op: Gnat Display Team, North Weald 14/15 (flew as “Red Arrows XS111”) crashed during display, Oulton Park, Cheshire 1.8.15 ______________________________________________________________________________________ FL.526 • T Mk. 1 XP511 RAF Halton: inst. airframe “65” 4.3.79/92 sold at Ministry of Defence auction 3.92 (shipped to USA 9.92) Downbird USA 3.11.92 N6145X Welcome Aviation, Redmond WA 7.93/95 Larry Henderson, Danville CA 14.10.98/18 reg. expired 31.19.18, struck-off USCR 23.3.19 ______________________________________________________________________________________ FL.528 • T Mk. 1 XP513 Bristol Siddeley Engines: loan 74 Royal Aircraft Establishment, RAF Bedford 12.78/81 N513XP Morey & John Darznieks/ Lance Aircraft Supply, Dallas TX 3.85 N513X Lance Aircraft Supply Inc, Dallas TX 8.86/95 Dean Cutshaw/ American Horizons Ltd, Fort Wayne IN 8.5.96/02 R. Z. Blue, Cypress TX 21.3.03/08 (stored dism. Denver-Front Range CO 06) Theodore Wright/ Spirit of Flight Foundation, Denver CO 10.2.11/16 Heritage Aircraft Trust, North Weald .16/18 (shipped to UK, arr. North Weald 8.16, rest. to fly) ______________________________________________________________________________________ FL.529 • T Mk. 1 XP514 RAF Red Arrows, code “7” RAF Cranwell: inst. airframe “7” 9.79/82 RAF Cosford: inst. airframe .82/88 Arnold J. Glass/ Ruanill Investments, Cranfield 12.88 (shipped to USA, ex Felixstowe Docks 2.8.89) (N22394) ntu N7HY Morgan Merrill/ Jet 1 Inc, Alexandria VA 4.90 McDonnell Enterprises, California City CA 3.92 Transonic Flight Test Ltd, Los Angeles CA 1.10.92/99 (dism. unrest., California City CA 92/94, CofA issued 6.8.94) dam. by fire landing, California City CA .96 Darkhorse Group Military Aviation museum, Long Beach Airport CA 97/99 (under rebuild Long Beach CA 10.97 using rear fuselage of XM705; displ. in RAF Red Arrows scheme, with unidentified ex MARC Gnat in bogus US Navy scheme from movie Hot Shots) Anton Ostermeier, Santa Ana CA 8.3.00/19 (flew in RAF Red Arrows red scheme) ASP Heike, San Clemente CA 8.8.20 ______________________________________________________________________________________ FL.532 • T Mk. 1 XP530 RAF Halton: inst. airframe “64” 29.9.78/93 sold at Ministry of Defence auction 21.10.93 Randall Hames, Cliffside NC 21.10.93 (N4347N) Randall Hames: reg. candidate N530X Randall K. Hames, Cliffside NC 25.4.94/95 Great Planes Sales Inc, Tulsa OK 20.10.98/04 Jet Warbirds Inc, Coral Springs FL 19.10.04/13 sale rep., San Diego CA 14/15 struck-off USCR 13.5.15 ______________________________________________________________________________________ FL.535 • T Mk. 1 XP533 RAF Cosford: inst. airframe 21.9.79/81 RAF Halton: inst. airframe 84/88 sold at Ministry of Defence auction: TT 3652 hrs 9.3.90 (shipped to USA 5.90) N533XP Thomas C. Foley/ NTC Group, Greenwich CT 12.3.93/20 (flies in red and white scheme) ______________________________________________________________________________________ FL.536 • T Mk. 1 XP534 RAF Halton: inst. airframe “64” 3.79/93 Tim J. Manna: arr. dism. Cranfield 23.11.93 G-BVPP Tim J. Manna/ Kennett Aviation, Cranfield 22.4.94/03 (rest. Cranfield, ff 12.8.95, flies as "XR993") Red Gnat Ltd, North Weald 2.5.03/09 minor dam. during forced landing in a field near North Weald 17.9.04 struck-off reg. 22.5.09 stored Bruntingthorpe 16/19 South Wales Aviation Museum, St Athan .19/20 (displ. as RAF “XR993”) ______________________________________________________________________________________ FL.537 T Mk. 1 XP535 RAF Red Arrows, code “12” School of Aircraft Handling, RNAS Culdrose 9.79/87 (inst. airframe “SAH-1”) G-BOXP Arnold J. Glass/ Ruanil Investments, Cranfield 3.8.88 (arr. dism. Leavesden 11.87, ff Leavesden 5.8.88) N1CW Morgan Merrill/ Jet 1 Inc, Alexandria VA 25.9.89/90 (shipped to USA, ex Felixstowe Docks 2.8.89) crashed dest., Mojave CA 29.9.90 (crashed filming movie Hot Shots, Merrill k) ______________________________________________________________________________________ FL.542 • T Mk. 1 XP538 RAF Halton: inst. airframe “61” 29.9.78/86 RAF Cosford: inst. airframe 88/90 sold at Ministry of Defence auction TT 3183 hrs 9.3.90 Sporting International Ltd N19GT Pyramid Aerospace Inc, Houston TX 23.3.90 Cinema Air Jet Centre Inc, Calsbad CA 1.91/99 (rest. Carlsbad-Palomar CA, ff 2.94) Planes of Fame Air Museum, Chino CA 9.3.99/20 (flew in RAF Yellowjacks scheme as "XP538") ______________________________________________________________________________________ FL.544 • T Mk. 1 XP540 RAF Halton: inst. airframe “62” 80/88 Arbury College, Cambridge: inst. airframe 03 private owner, North Weald .03/08 (trucked to North Weald 2.10.03, stored there 08) David Thomas/ Classic British Jets Collection, Bruntingthorpe ______________________________________________________________________________________ FL.545 • T Mk. 1 XP541 Battle Damage Repair Flight, RAF Abingdon 4.79/81 Douglas W. Arnold/ Fairoaks Aviation Services/ Warbirds of Great Britain Ltd, Biggin Hill .86/89 N8130Q Robert F. Yancey, Klamath Falls