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Constructed as a Hunter T.8.
The first production T.8 Hunter built for the Royal Navy |
30 May 1958 |
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First flight. |
30 July 1958 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Navy with s/n XL580. |
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Transferred to Station Flight, RNAS Lossiemouth. |
8 November 1958 |
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Transferred to 764 NAS, RNAS Lossiemouth.
Operated with markings: 701 |
March 1962 |
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Transferred to Station Flight, RNAS Yeovilton.
Operated with markings: 946, VL
Was later re-finished in a very attractive blue and white colour scheme, as it became an Admirals Barge - the Flag Officer of Flying Trainings personal aeroplane. |
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Photographer: Unknown |
12 October 1965 |
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Converted to a Hunter T.8C.
Carried out by 5 MU, RAF Kemble. |
December 1966 |
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Transferred to 759 NAS, RNAS Brawdy.
Operated with markings: 812 |
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Markings Applied: 810 |
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Markings Applied: 800 |
December 1969 |
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Assigned to 5 MU, RAF Kemble for storage. |
1 December 1972 |
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Transferred to Fleet Requirements and Air Direction Training Unit, RNAS Yeovilton. |
July 1974 |
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Transferred to 5 MU, RAF Kemble.
For maintenance. |
September 1974 |
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Transferred to Fleet Requirements and Air Direction Training Unit, RNAS Yeovilton.
Operated with markings: 873 |
September 1976 |
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Markings Applied: 874 |
4 September 1976 |
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Photographer: Peter Nicholson
Notes: Hunter T.8 of the Fleet Requirements and Aircraft Direction Unit (FRADU) at the Yeovilton Air Show in 1976. |
May 1977 |
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Assigned to 5 MU, RAF Kemble for storage. |
20 September 1978 |
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To British Aerospace. |
20 September 1978 |
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Converted to a Hunter T.8M.
Selected for conversion to T.8M specification, which included a Sea Harrier styled cockpit to be fitted and a Blue Fox radar unit added into the nose. |
5 August 1981 |
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The aeroplane was ferried to Boscombe Down on 5th August 1981, and employed on flight trials before returning to the Fleet Air Arm. |
August 1981 |
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To 899 NAS, RNAS Yeovilton.
Markings added: 717, VL |
25 March 1982 |
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Photographer: Robert Nichols
Notes: at RNAS Yeovilton |
Circa 1982 |
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Photographer: Ken Videan
Notes: At Yeovilton. |
1 July 1982 |
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Photographer: Robert Nichols
Notes: at RNAS Yeovilton |
1 October 1984 |
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Photographer: Robert Nichols
Notes: at RNAS Yeovilton |
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Markings Applied: 719 |
1988 |
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Markings Applied: 723
With a dark sea grey finish. |
29 July 1989 |
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Photographer: Robert Nichols
Notes: at RNAS Yeovilton Airshow |
27 August 1993 |
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Last flight. |
November 1994 |
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To Fleet Air Arm Museum, RNAS Yeovilton, Yeovilton, Somerset, England.
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24 October 2013 |
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Photographer: Terry Fletcher
Notes: At the Fleet Air Arm Museum at Yeovilton, UK |
24 October 2013 |
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Photographer: Terry Fletcher
Notes: At the Fleet Air Arm Museum at Yeovilton, UK |
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