SWAG Trip Reports: Gatwick Aviation Museum Charlwood

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Monday 11 April 2011

Gatwick Aviation Museum Charlwood

A visit by RichT, StuC, IanG & MatthewB on 10/04/11 (first photo) and another by Keith Morgan on 13/05/13 (second photo)

(G-9-448/E-430) Hawker Hunter F.51 (41H/680289)

(G-BLID)/J-1605 de Havilland Venom FB.50 (815)

G-DACA/569 Percival Sea Prince T.1 (P57/12)

(G-GACA)/CU-572 Percival Sea Prince T.1 (P57/58)

(G-JETM)/VZ638 Gloster Meteor T.7 (Unknown)

G-VIXN/(XS587) de Havilland Sea Vixen D.3 (10145)

(N46EA)/XK885 Percival Pembroke C.1 (P66/83)

WH773 English Electric Canberra PR.7 (71189)

(WK146) English Electric Canberra T.4 (R3/EA3/6660) ..cockpit only

(WM983)/"XE364"/J-485 Hawker Sea Hawk FB.5 (AW.6021)

WR974/K Avro Shackleton MR.3/3 (Unknown)

WR982/J Avro Shackleton MR.3/3 (Unknown)

WW442/N Percival Provost T.1 (PAC/F/257)

(XL164) Handley-Page Victor K.2 (HP80/67) ..cockpit only

XL472/R-044 Fairey Gannet AEW.3 (F.9441)

(XL591) Hawker Hunter T.7 (41H/693685)

XN494/43 BAC Jet Provost T.3A (PAC/W/10155)

XN923 Blackburn Buccaneer S.1 (B3-03-61)

XP351/Z Westland Whirlwind HAR.10 (WA.367)

XP398 Westland Whirlwind HAR.10 (WA.386)

(XT431) Westland Wasp HAS.1 (F.9601)
Previously thought to be XS463 but new information shows that these two frames were transposed during restoration at Fleetlands with the fuselage of XT431 being fitted with the boom of XS463 & the frame of XS463 being scrapped at Weston.