Thunder & Lightnings - Hawker Hunter - Survivor J-718 (ex IF-19, G-APUX)

Hawker Hunter
Survivor J-718 (ex IF-19, G-APUX)
Embraer (flyer), Giavao de Peixoto, Sau Paulo, Brazil

A well-travelled Hunter, this one. Serving first with the Belgian Air Force as an F.6, it crashed and the remains went back to Hawkers. Mated with a two-seat nose section that had originally been built only for display at the Paris Air Show and various other spare parts, the result was a T.66. Registered then as G-APUX, it flew around the world as a demonstrator and was loaned to several air forces before being finally sold to the Chilean Air Force as a T.72 in 1967. She was then earmarked for preservation and put on display inside Chile's new aviation museum, with a selection of armament to prove that having two seats doesn't make this just a trainer! Recent news from Hawker Hunter Aviation is that she was returned to the air as a chase aircraft with HHA carrying out some maintenance work on her. Good to see G-APUX still earning her keep in 2009!

Information on this page current as of 23/10/2009

Find other photos of J-718 on the following sites:

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

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Mick Elliot from HHA Scampton	Posted at 11:09pm on Friday, October 23rd, 2009
This jet is currently owned and operated by Embraer at their test facility at Giavao de Peixoto in Sau paulo state. This aircraft is till flying and is utilised as a chase plane. HHA are currently contracted to undertake some maintenance work on this aircraft and as at this time we are in Brazil carrying out the work until mid Nov 2009.