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May 1964 |
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Constructed as a Kestrel FGA.1 by Hawker Siddeley at Dunsfold.
Built for service evaluation of the jump jet concept. |
17 February 1965 |
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First flight.
Flown at Dunsfold. |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n XS695. |
16 February 1966 |
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Transferred to Blind Landing Experimental Unit (BLEU), Royal Aircraft Establishment, Bedford.
Sent to the RAE for P.1127 and general VTOL research including trials. |
25 April 1966 |
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Demonstrated at Hanover airshow, West Germany, returning to Dunsfold. |
15 December 1967 |
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To UK Ministry of Technology, Boscombe Down.
Sold to the Ministry of Technology. |
28 June 1971 |
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No longer required and allocation for firefighting practice requested. Airframe still at A and AEE Boscombe Down at this date. |
By January 1974 |
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Stored dismantled in the open at Farnborough. |
Circa May 1974 |
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Loaned to Royal Navy Engineering College, Manadon, (Plymouth), Devon.
Loaned minus engine. |
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Restored.
Rebuilt for RAFM as apprentice training exercise. |
11 April 1978 |
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Loaned to School of Aircraft Handling, HMS Sea Hawk, Culdrose, Cornwall. |
27 July 1983 |
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Photographer: Andy Chetwyn
Notes: Hawker Siddeley Kestrel FGA.1 XS695 of the Royal Navy parked at RNAS Culdrose in July 1983. Built for the RAF in 1965 and one of only nine Kestrels built for evaluation she was written off in 1967 after a landing accident at Boscombe Down. She was in use here as a ground instructional trainer and is presently displayed with the RAF Museum at RAF Cosford |
January 1994 |
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To Museum RCand RC Cardington, Beds. |
29 January 2000 |
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Operated by RAF Wyton, Cambs.
Sent to Wyton for temporary storage due to impending closure of RAF Cardington. |
19 November 2001 |
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Transported by ground. Delivered to Royal Air Force Museum, Cosford, Cosford Airport, Wolverhampton, Shropshire/Shrops, England.
Moved by road from RAF Wyton to RAF Cosford. |
From 2012 to 2014 |
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Restored. |
January 2014 |
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Placed on display.
The only surviving Hawker-Siddeley Kestrel in the UK.
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30 March 2016 |
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Photographer: John Bennett
Notes: Taken at RAF Cosford, Shropshire, England |
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To Royal Air Force Museum, Midland, Cosford, Shropshire, England.
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