FGA.9 XG195 at Hemswell, June 25th 1999; author	FGA.9 XG297 at Doncaster, 10th May 2003; Bob Lawson

With the collapse of the Bomber County Museum at Hemswell, XG195 has sadly been scrapped, though the nose section was saved. The airframe was not in the best of conditions, lacking a nose wheel leg, main gear wheels, ejection seat and with a fast-fading paint scheme (representing XG193), so it is perhaps no surprise to see it go to scrap but sad all the same. Aeroventure are now restoring the cockpit, which was pretty much stripped and so is quite a big job! Information current as of 25/11/2005.

A newish arrival at Doncaster is the nose of Hunter XG297. Bob found her to be in reasonable condition and the canopy is relatively clear. Information current as of 10/05/2003.

T.53 ET-272 at North Weald, 1st April 2000; author	F.58 J-4093 at Mollis, 13th August 2006; author

Seen at North Weald looking pretty sorry for itself was the nose ET-272, at that point in the hands of The Jet Centre (ex McCarthy Aviation) after leaving its previous home of Bruntingthorpe. While at Brunty it was looking somewhat healthier, for instance it had some paint on it! Apparently the nose had been stripped for a reason - it was to be grafted onto the front of another Hunter fuselage to create an airworthy example. This seems to have fallen through however and new owners Classic Jets of Exeter have now loaned it to the Boulton & Paul Association for restoration and display. ET-272 first flew in October 1958 and was delivered to the Danish Air Force the next month, allocated to Esk 724. ET-272 stayed with Esk 724 throughout her career, moving from Aalborg to Karup and then to Skrydstrup in March 1959. Esk 724 disbanded in March 1974, ET-272 was retired and sold back to Hawker-Siddeley Aviation in December 1975. History since then, anybody?

J-4093 was scrapped in 2001, but the nose was preserved and is now in use as a traveling exhibit by Hunter Verein Interlaken. She's pictured here being prepared for towing at Mollis after the International Hunter Meet 2006, which had seen her in constant use on both days of the show earning her keep - with visitors sitting in the seat for photos. Information current as of 19/08/2006.

FGA.78 QA12 at home, 24th August 2002; Mark Gauntlett

Hawker Hunter FGA Mark 78 QA12 was originally built as an F.6 under license by Fokker-Aviolanda, Amsterdam in 1957. After serving with the Koninklijke Luchtmacht (Royal Netherlands Air Force) as N-222 with 324 and 325 Squadrons, the aircraft was purchased by Hawker-Siddeley Aviation on 13th August 1968 as airframe no. G-9-284 with 1,354.56 flying hours logged. As one of a batch of ex-Dutch and Belgian Hunters destined for refurbishment and resale, the aircraft was upgraded to FGA.9 standard by Armstrong-Whitworth at Bitteswell, redesignated an FGA.78 and sold to the Gulf state of Qatar who based QA12 at Doha airport. Delivered on 8th December 1971, QA12 served with the Qatar Emiri Air Force (QEAF) until December 1982.It is believed that QA12 was purchased by a company in Bournemouth with the intention to fly her and returned to the UK in 1988/89. For whatever reason the return to airworthy status never happened and the airframe was 'spares-recovered' and sold on. In the mid-1990s the stripped airframe was dismantled at Enstone with the nose section being detached, the wings removed for use on another restoration and the fuselage scrapped. Soon after, the cockpit section was installed in an entertainment complex in Woking along with Buccaneer S.2B XX895. It was removed from the building in late 2001/early 2002 and is currently undergoing extensive rebuilding and restoration by Mark Gauntlett . When complete, the cockpit will be returned to it's QEAF colour scheme. Information current as of 24/08/2002.