Well, what a strange history. My previous message was part right, part
wrong. The pictured Hunter did in fact start life as a single-seat T6
but was XE530, not XG132.
It was then converted to an FGA9 and finally to a two-seat T67 and
delivered to Kuwait (Kuwaiti serial 220) on 22 May 1969. It was then
passed on to the Sultan of Oman's Air Force. The aircraft is now
preserved at Masirah air base of the Royal Omani Air Force.
As an FGA9, XE530 had an accident landing at Khormaksar in Aden and
though reparable, it was struck off charge. It was bought back by
Hawker Siddley Aircrafi and flew with the Class B registration G-9-267
until delivered to Kuwait.
XE530 was operated by the Khormaksar Strike Wing with the colours of
both 8 and 43 Squadrons - see attachment.
On Sun, 07 Jun 2015 10:49:48 -0400, frank@thehowards.ca wrote:
>OOPS!
>
>This is a T7 (r other T-Mark) so was not XG132.
>
>On Wed, 03 Jun 2015 08:16:44 -0400, Joseph Testagrose
><Joet5@optonline.net> wrote:
|
|
')){kind=link}