T.75 500 at Olympia, February 2003; Bill Proffitt	T.75A 540 at Tocumwal, July 2000; Bob Lawson

Pictured here in its new home after moving from the Polar Aviation Museum, this ex-Singapore AF trainer is looking a bit faded but is essentially complete. Unfortunately I have no information on the museum's plans for the airframe, or her previous history. Can anybody help? Information current as of 13/02/2003.

Strange how Singapore's Hunter trainers were the ones to receive these fantastic sharkmouth markings - an illustration that just because it has two seats, it's no less likely to ruin an opponent's day? Being a two-seater this must surely be likely to be bought soon, after all what's the fun in owning a Hunter unless you can take some unsuspecting chap up, pull a few Gs and make him lose his lunch? Hopefully not all over your marvellously complete instrument panel of course...

FGA.78 N-268 at Elvington, 20th May 2001; Bob Lawson

This FGA.78 saw service not only with the Dutch (in whose colours the aircraft is now presented) but also with the Qatar Air Force. The sun of Qatar is quite a change from Yorkshire's weather, eh! She's pictured her on a rare outing into the sun - she's normally packed into a hangar with most of the other exhibits.

NOSE/COCKPIT/OTHER SECTIONS

F.1 WT684 at Newark, 15th June 2002; author	F.2 WN890 at Doncaster, 19th May 2002; Bob Lawson

Now this is really a work of art. When Tony bought this nose section it was a real basket case, and he lovingly restored it to an incredible standard, rightly winning the 'Cockpiters Cockpit' award at the Newark Air Museum Cockpitfest 2002.

Bit of a recluse, this Hunter cockpit! Reported at various locations over the last few years, it turns out that WN890 belongs to the South Yorkshire Air Museum (now called Aeroventure and relocated to the old Doncaster aerodrome site) and is seen here on display there. WN890 is in excellent condition with only a few missing bits and pieces in the cockpit.

F.4 WB188 at Boscombe Down, July 1st 2000; author	F.4 WV332 at Tangmere, 3rd September 2005; author

Painted up as WB188 and actually signed by Neville Duke himself to make the point! However, the real identity of this cockpit section isn't known, other than that it was made at Hawker's Blackpool factory. It's in excellent external condition but the cockpit is missing a few instruments. Since this picture was taken Mark Templeman has acquired it and by September 2000 will have moved it to Portishead, where he intends to complete the restoration. Any information on the real identity of the nose section would be gratefully received by Mark - he has found that it was originally painted white, and suspects it may have flown with the Institute of Aviation Medicine, so any info on serials of white F.4s with the IAM would be handy for a start!

WV332 first flew on 7th June 1995 from Dunsfold and served with 67 and 234 Squadrons RAFG, before being retired in 1957 and transferred to RAF Halton as instructional airframe 7673M. In 1972 Hawkers purchased it back and converted it to a two-seat T.68 for the Swiss Air Force. The single seat nose section was gifted to 1254 ATC who restored it to its final active service markings - those of 234 Squadron. The rest of WV332 became J-4201 and is now in private hands and still airworthy. 1254 Sqn have since placed the nose on loan to the museum at Tangmere, where it is pictured. Information current as of 03/09/2005.

F.4 XE664 at Staverton, April 20th 2000; Bob Lawson	F.4 XE670 at Cosford, 6th May 2002; Bob Lawson

XE664 was built as an F.4 and served with 26 Squadron from 1955 before returning to Hawkers in 1958 to be converted to a T.8. The single-seater nose section was removed and it is this which is pictured above. The complete XE664 went on to be converted to a T.75 and sold to Singapore. XE664's original nose, however, spent many years with an ATC Squadron at a school in Marlborough as a training aid, until they disbanded and the nose gathered dust until the shed it was in was needed for other purposes. Saved from being scrapped by one of the teachers at the school, it then spent some more time stored at the school before moving to a nearby farm and then in February 1999 moved to the Jet Age Museum, where it is now being restored for future use as a sit-in exhibit. Unfortunately the museum has been forced to shut its doors by the airport authorities who want to demolish the hangar that the museum use, so for the time being this aircraft is not accessible.

XE670, on display at the Aerospace Museum Cosford, is sometimes opened up for people to sit in but is usually out of bounds. An F.4, XE670 spent most of its life in Germany, flying with 26 Squadron at Oldenburg and 93 Squadron at Jever.