Thunder & Lightnings - Hawker Hunter - Survivor XJ714 (really composite of WT684, XF383, XM126, XG226, PH-NLH & ET-272)

Hawker Hunter
Survivor XJ714 (really composite of WT684, XF383, XM126, XG226, PH-NLH & ET-272)
Jet Aviation Preservation Group (derelict), Long Marston Aerodrome, Warwickshire

Our second Hunter at Long Marston, and looking a right mess, is XJ714, supposedly an FR.10. In fact as no FR.10 survived to be preserved in the UK, the Jet Aviation Preservation Group had taken on the mantle of bringing the variant back from the dead and XJ714 is a composite of a number of Hunters brought together to create an FR.10 (e.g. the tail section is from ET-272). As this sort of thing went on a lot with Hunters, it's not even 'cheating'! Sadly JAPG have given up on their collection and abandoned it to the weather. A great shame. Thankfully the latest news as of late October 2008 is that all three Hunters have been acquired by the East Midlands Aeropark and are due to move there in the near future.

Information on this page current as of 29/10/2008

Find other photos of XJ714 on the following sites:

Air-Britain - Airliners.net - Airplane-Pictures.net - flickr.com - IrishAirPics.com - JetPhotos.net - PlanePictures.net

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