Thunder & Lightnings - Hawker Hunter

Hawker Hunter
Survivor WV382
East Midlands Aeropark, East Midlands Airport, Leicestershire

WV382 is ex-FRADU GA.11 and has been rescued from dereliction at Long Marston. I found her in surprisingly good condition there in 1998, about the only sign of deterioration was the colour of the paintwork. Over a year after my first visit though there was no sign of any change in the aircraft's condition - the tarpaulin was even in exactly the same place - and that turned out to be a sign of the demise of this collection of aircraft, which had been been basically abandoned to the weather. Allen's visit in 2008 found her well and truly derelict, but the missing tail turned out to be a positive sign - it was the first indication of dismantling work going on, prior to her move to the East Midlands Aero Park in late January 2009. She is to be reassembled and restored in the near future.

Information on this page current as of 25/01/2009

Find other photos of WV382 on the following sites:

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

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dave hardy from derbyshire	Posted at 9:39am on Sunday, December 7th, 2008
the tail of the hunter was removed ready for the move which will take place in the new year the wing are now lose fit ready for removal we hoped to move it 2 weeks ago but the weather was poor and we called it off regards dave AVA member