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    Airframe Family: Folland Gnat
    Latest Model:Gnat T.1
    Last Military Serial:XP504 RAF
    Construction Number:FL519
    Last Civil Registration:G-TIMM
    Compressed ID:Folland Gnat T.1 sn XP504 RAF cn FL...
    Latest Owner or Location:Heritage Aircraft Ltd, North Weald Airfield, North Weald, Epping

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    Dates

    Event

    1962

    Constructed as a Gnat T.1.

    6 September 1962

    First flight.

    December 1962

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n XP504.

    To 4 FTS.

    Circa 1967

    To CFS.

    23 April 1978


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: Gnat T.1 of 4 Flying Training School on display at the 1978 RAF Leeming Open Day

    November 1978

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the Royal Air Force.

    Transferred to RAF Halton.

    1979

    New serial number assigned: 8618M RAF

    30 August 1993


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: At Great Warbirds Airshow, Wroughton, UK, 1993

    16 August 1998


    Photographer: john bilcliffe
    Notes: Big thanks to the organisers from the OFMC (Old Flying Machine Company) which was run then by the late great pair of Father and Son Ray and Mark Hanna. To let me have access...

    To unknown owner with c/r G-TIMM.

    Markings Applied: XM693
    Painted in a silver training scheme with yellow bands.

    20 June 2009


    Photographer: Thomas Delvoye
    Notes: Taken at Volkel AB. the Netherlands

    By 20 August 2009

    Markings Applied: XS111
    Painted in an overall red colour scheme to represent Ray Hannas aircraft, XS111, from when he was the Red Arrows team leader.

    9 November 2010

    To Heritage Aircraft Ltd, North Weald Airfield, North Weald, Epping with new c/r G-TIMM.

    7 September 2013


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: Taken at RAF Leuchars final Air Show

    1 August 2015

    Destroyed in a crash.
    Gnat Display Team founder and display pilot Kevin Whyman was killed on 1st August 2015 when XS111 crashed during a display at the Carfest show at Oulton Park in Cheshire.
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