F.51 E-402 at Pudden Hill, 22nd January 2007; Joe McDermott	F.51 E-407 at West Fargo, 15th August 2002; Jay D. Bohnenblust/Eagles Air Museum

Until early 2000 this aircraft resided at Kemble but then moved to the Bournemouth Aviation Museum at Bournemouth Airport. While there her appearance improved greatly upon the state she was in while at Kemble with missing panels replaced and a full repaint undertaken. She then moved to Farnborough but along with several other airframes was sold to a new owner after some sort of disagreement. She has now resurfaced in Ireland! Information current as of 30/08/2007.

E-407 was donated to the Eagles Air Museum by Steve Adams of Fargo, North Dakota after he purchased it from a broker in England. It has been re-assembled and has over the course of 2002 been restored to static display in her original RDAF colours, which should make her the only such Hunter in the US. The Eagles Air Museum is part of Bonanzaville-USA, a project of the Cass County Historical Society.

F.51 E-419 at Sunderland, 25th March 2002; Bob Lawson	F.51 E-421 at Brooklands, 10th February 2006; author

This Hunter is in the process of being repainted (not that you can tell from this angle) and is generally in good condition. As is typical with the NEAM, it is difficult to get a good photograph due to the confined space. E419 first flew on 24th April 1956 and served with the RDAF with 724 Squadron at Aalborg. In 1958 it moved to Karup and then to Skyrdstrup in March 1959. It was struck off charge on 21st Nov.1973 and purchased by Hawker Siddeley on 10th April 1976 with the intention of refurbishing it. It had flown 3,183 hours at this time. When the plan to refurbish was dropped, the aircraft was donated to the Museum and moved there on 9th Feb.1977.

E-421 was one of many Hunters sold to Denmark. When the Danes had retired them, many came back to Hawkers (later BAe) for possible re-sale. This one, however, spent its retirement as a training airframe with BAe and later at a technical college. When the college had no further use for it, E-421 was saved and transported to Brooklands where it was restored to the excellent condition it is in now and repainted in this early 1960s colour scheme. The paint had deteroriated somewhat by 2003 but a return visit in 2006 found it had been repainted once more and looking good. Information current as of 10/02/2006.

F.51 E-424 at Doncaster, 10th May 2003; Bob Lawson	F.51 WB188 at Oshkosh, 2003; Courtesy Aircraft Sales

E-424 is another ex-Danish F.51 and was preserved in an appropriate camouflage scheme. She looked to be in excellent condition when I visited in 1999 though heavy rain and the associated protection for the canopy precluded checking out the cockpit! Bob's visit in 2000 found her to be in much the same state; the aircraft has since been transported to the new Doncaster location for the Museum, and is now undergoing a repaint into 4 FTS colours - which is progressing nicely. Information current as of 10/05/2003.

Poor old G-HUNT has not had a happy time since departing UK shores, and is once again up for sale in the USA, not having flown since 1992. Will her next owner return her to the air where she belongs? So who's got $50,000 to spare...? Information current as of 26/02/2004.

F.51 WT720 at RAF Sealand, April 2000; Garry Lakin	F.51 WV395 at Schipol, 17th August 2002; Catherine Adams

Delivered straight to the RDAF, E-408 served with Esk724 from 1956 to 1974. Bought back by Hawker Siddeley in 1976 with the intention of reselling it, E-408 failed to find a buyer and was eventually allocated to RAF Brawdy for display. Once Brawdy found a more appropriate Hunter (FGA.9 XE624), it moved on to RAF Cranwell and was painted as XF979 (the real XF979 being converted to FGA.73B standard and sold to Jordan). In 1988 the aircraft moved to RAF Sealand and in 1990 was restored and repainted as WT720 (the real WT720 was retired in 1964 and scrapped). RAF Sealand is off the A550 North of Queensferry (driving South), but has been moved further behind the guardroom so pictures may be more problematic than before.

This is really E-410 but is painted as WV395, a Valley-based FTS machine. Quite why this is the case I don't know, but the Aviodome collection does seem to be a little quirky anyway! She was displayed on poles high above the floor so you could walk underneath the aircraft, which appears to be in good condition. Tricky to get a good photo though. However the Aviodome has now closed as the collection is moving to a new site.

F.51 XE683 at Horsham St. Faith, 21st April 2007; author	F.51 XF314 at Booker, 27th March 2002; author

Looking rather sorry for itself when I visited the City of Norwich Aviation Museum in 1998 was F.51 E-409. However she was actually in the middle of being stripped to be repainted in RAF colours as 'XF383', and 4 years later she was very nearly finished. A return visit in 2007 found her undergoing some more work, and with the serial changed to 'XF683'! Information current as of 21/04/2007.

Another Danish Hunter in RAF colours is E-412, now painted as a 43 Squadron example, XF314. She's suffering from the elements and there is a fair bit of corrosion to be found in the gear bays. XF314 was at the Tangmere Military Aviation Museum but then moved to the now-defunct Front Line Aviation Museum on the Isle of Wight. Sadly not a lot was done there and she's now moved once again to Parkhouse Aviation at Wycombe Air Park. She's currently displayed at the entrance to the airfield next to Lightning XM172. While there seemed to be a fair bit of interest in buying her judging from the emails I was getting, she's still there several years later...