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This page last updated on 21st March 2004

• Air Vectors - Gnat is one of Greg Goebels' articles on different aircraft with brief history and a few pictures and drawings.
• Kurt Ristniemi's Gnat section, created after he found a Finnish example in a scrapyard.
• A Review of the Airfix 1/72 Gnat kit.
• Brief history and one picture from Warbird Alley.
• Entries in Elevon (very brief history/specifications): Gnat, Ajeet.
• Finnish Gnat survivor GN-113 has its own web site, bit sparse at the moment though.
• Fancy hiring a Gnat? or buying one?
• This site on the 1971 Indo-Pakistani war including the The Air War, with plenty of mention of the Gnat/Ajeet force. Despite the Indian origin of these pages they seem quite impartial and open about such touchy subjects as numbers of losses.
• The excellent Indian Air Force site includes two rather nice Gnat and Ajeet galleries.
• Delta Jets One of the UK's major Gnat operators and maintainers - you can even get a flight with them.
• A thread on Gnat roll rate and that fuse from PPRuNE.

• Folland Gnat - Sabre Slayer & Red Arrow by Victor Bingham, published by J&KH Publishing, 2000; ISBN 1 900511 78 9. Even if it wasn't the only readily available volume on the Gnat and its derivatives, this one would be worth buying with a indepth history and service record backed up by a good selection of photos.

• Spirit of Hamble - Folland Aircraft by Derek N. James, published by Tempus Publishing, 2000; ISBN 0 7524 2102 6. Not about the Gnat in particular though there is some good coverage in this bargain-priced softback book, this is the story of Hamble airfield and Folland from humble beginnings to the current day. Includes some fascinating drawings of Gnat variants that never got built. [Buy from Amazon UK]

• Aeroplane Monthly, September 1998: Red Leader Returns & Airshow Shakedown - two articles with Gnat content - one on Ray Hanna's first flight in a Gnat since 1970, and the other an account from Jon Mynard having a spur of the moment flight of a lifetime in 'XR993'. Some gorgeous photography to be seen here.
• Aeroplane Monthly, January 1997: Preservation Profile on 'XR991' (G-MOUR) - great air to air shot from Richard Paver (plus a stunning cover shot from John Dibbs), and an article on the restoration of this particular Gnat.
• Aeroplane Monthly, December 2002: The 40-year Itch - article by Tim Skeet on flying the Gnat with some great air to airs.

This section would have been greatly the poorer without contributions from the following - so many thanks to (in alphabetical order):

Alan Allen, Adrian Balch, Allan Barley, Victor Bingham, Howard Curtis, Eric Dewhurst, Marcel de Jong, Garry Lakin, Andy Marden, Glen Moreman, John Mulvey, Dave Thomas, Mike Tighe, Barry Tippit and everybody who contributed pictures or information to the survivors section (credited under the pictures).

Thanks also to the following organisations:

Delta Jets, Kemble Air Services, Midland Air Museum, Phoenix Aviation, Warbirds of India.

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