Hawker Hunter - Survivor XL587 (ex G-HPUX)
T.7 XL587 - Wheatcroft Collection (gate guard), Arnesby, Leicestershire
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Hunter T.7 XL587 at IWM Duxford, 3rd June 2000; Damien Burke
First flown on 17th July 1959, XL587 served with the TWU at RAF Brawdy in the 1970s, coded 86. She ended her flying days with FRADU and was retired to ground instructional use as 8807M at RAF Scampton in March 1984. She was disposed of in May 1996, and transported to Duxford, being registered as G-HPUX for the Old Flying Machine Company in 1999.
OFMC had planned on getting her back in the air but plans changed and she returned to Scampton in December 2002, having been acquired by Hawker Hunter Aviation there, and the G-HPUX registration was cancelled. She had some work done on her including a coat of primer but then was stored for some time in the hangar. With Scampton's closure and all tenants being kicked out, she was initially stored outside before being removed from the site in May 2023.
Her new location turned out to be the Wheatcroft Collection of military vehicles, a private collection at Arnesby in Leicestershire. In December 2025 she was repositioned from her initial location in the yard there to a display spot next to a tank, and had her wings reattached. She is in fairly tired looking condition, with the nearly 20 year old primer coat having badly faded and much evidence of rusty fasteners leaving their trails down the fuselage.
OFMC had planned on getting her back in the air but plans changed and she returned to Scampton in December 2002, having been acquired by Hawker Hunter Aviation there, and the G-HPUX registration was cancelled. She had some work done on her including a coat of primer but then was stored for some time in the hangar. With Scampton's closure and all tenants being kicked out, she was initially stored outside before being removed from the site in May 2023.
Her new location turned out to be the Wheatcroft Collection of military vehicles, a private collection at Arnesby in Leicestershire. In December 2025 she was repositioned from her initial location in the yard there to a display spot next to a tank, and had her wings reattached. She is in fairly tired looking condition, with the nearly 20 year old primer coat having badly faded and much evidence of rusty fasteners leaving their trails down the fuselage.
Information on this page current as of 14/12/2025, last updated by Damien |
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