F.58 J-4090 at Kemble, 1st May 2000; author	F.58 J-4091 at Bruntingthorpe, 15th September 2002; author

A popular UK airshow scene participant was J-4090, yet another ex-Swiss F.58 operated by the OFMC. Based for some time at Scampton along with the rest of OFMC/HHA's airworthy Hunters, she's pictured displaying at the Delta Jets Open Day at Kemble, her first display outing for 2000. Since then and the death of OFMC's owner Ray Hanna, the aircraft has moved on and is now with the Hunter Flying Club at Exeter. Information current as of 24/07/2006.

Making a change from the ex-Swiss F.58s that are flying, this one is firmly ground-bound, but makes up for it by performing regular fast taxi runs at Bruntingthorpe. Having seen the AVPIN starter exhaust dry out a soaked runway tile in about 2 seconds flat I suddenly realised just why the ground crew stand so far away when the engine is being started! She was recently repainted and looks fabulous as a result; she's pictured her returning from a fast taxi run.

F.58 J-4097 at the Texas Air Command Museum October 11th 1998; Buck Wyndham	F.58 SE-DXA at Norwich Airport, 5th August 2000; author

J-4097 resides at the Texas Air Command Museum for some time (where it was pictured) and was recently bought by Johnny Baines, an ex-RAF and ex-American Airlines pilot. It flew for the first time in two years on the 16th of April 1999 and despite a snag with the undercarriage which meant it wouldn't retract, performed well!

Okay, get this. It's an ex-Swiss Hunter, in Swedish markings, based in Britain. No, really! The Scandinavian Historic Flight have based one of their two Hunters here in the UK as it was easier to deal with their display commitments here and on the continent when based closer to the venues in question. Rarely seen in the UK before (if ever), that made SE-DXA a very welcome sight in the skies of 2000. Here's to seeing more of her in 2001. She's pictured here displaying at the Norwich Airport Diamond Jubilee Air Show.

F.58A J-4100 at Sion, 24th June 2003; Paul Nann	F.58A J-4103 at Edwards AFB, 10th October 1999; Michael Baldock

Basking in the sunshine at Sion is J-4100, looking good so many years after retirement - presumably still airworthy? Information current as of 24/06/2003.

Built as an F.6 and delivered to the RAF as XE611, this Hunter served with 208 and 43 Squadrons before being upgraded to FGA.9 status. She saw action against rebel tribesmen in the Radfan area while operating from RAF Khormaksar in Aden. Damaged after overshooting the runway at RAF Lyneham in December 1968, the RAF sold her back to Hawkers who converted to F.58 status and delivered to the Swiss Air Force in kit form. She flew with them as a target tug for many years before retirement, when she was donated to the Randall Hames Air Museum in the USA. Staging through Southend in the UK for demilitarisation, at this point the museum relucantly declined to accept the aircraft and she was instead bought by Dan Lavigna. He flew her mostly for personal pleasure but also took part in occasional airshows - she's pictured her at the 1999 Edwards AFB Open House. Sadly Dan was killed in a T-33 accident in early 2003 and so his Hunter is now up for sale - email Bob Guilford if you are interested.

F.58A J-4105 at RAF Scampton, 15th October 1999; author	T.66 S576 at Nagpur, December 2001; Warbirds of India

Currently in an RAF colour scheme (applied for an airshow in Poland), 'XF303' is really an ex-Swiss F.58A (J-4105). The RAF colours appear to be becoming a permanent fixture; OFMC/HHA certainly weren't in any hurry to remove them. She does however retain the '105' nose markings; the J-41xx series were of course ex-RAF aircraft anyway. Since Ray Hanna's death in 2005 this aircraft has moved on to join the Hunter Flying Club fleet at Exeter. Information current as of 24/07/2006.

Ending her active service career as a target tug with No.2 TTU, this Hunter was donated to Nagpur Municipal Corporation for display in a park and was erected on a stand that bears her specifications in late 2001. Sadly she has lost the camouflage scheme she wore in service - a fantastic mix of standard RAF grey/green with orange and yellow tiger striped tail - and now wears an inaccurate and dull overall grey scheme. Information current as of 12/2001.

T.66 at Jorhat; Sanjay Simha/Warbirds of India	T.68 G-HVIP at Hurn, May 21st 2000; author

A T.66 formerly of No. 2 TTU is displayed in a local park near the Circuit House in Jorhat, still wearing the fantastically colourful target tug scheme - though it is now rather faded. Information current as of 2003.

G-HVIP is currently resident with the Bournemouth Aviation Museum though owned by a private owner. Personally I rather like the paint scheme though I know several people who regard it as irretrievably awful!