RAVN Aerospace Hawks at Lakenheath 04.12.23.

[WinchesterMGF]

The long rumoured Ex-Korean Hawks arrived at Lakenheath today as HARBINGER11 - 14. Not the best of light but they still looked bloomin' lovely as they landed on Rwy06.
NX508XX, N503XX, N504XX and N511XX in landing order.
IMG_7138 by Andrew St Edmunds, on Flickr
IMG_7164 by Andrew St Edmunds, on Flickr
IMG_7175 by Andrew St Edmunds, on Flickr
IMG_7198 by Andrew St Edmunds, on Flickr

[catbird]

very special, they departed last saturday from Goose Bay

[Mustang531]

Thanks for sharing these with us, some interesting schemes amongst them too.

[Mike]

Nicely caught, the registration of 508 is actually NX508XX though.

[WinchesterMGF]

Nicely caught, the registration of 508 is actually NX508XX though.

Thanks Mike. Post amended.

[Mike]

Thanks

[slogen51]

Worth the wait

They started out on Tuesday 28/11 from Houston Ellington Airport - Columbus Ohio - Bangor - Goose Bay - Narsarsuaq - Keflavik - Prestwick - Lakenheath

N508XX is wearing NX508XX but is N508XX in the FAA Registry

[sdad]

Didn't they drop NC-, N-X-, NL- (et al?) In the thirties or forties?

[Evergreen 44]

Yes it does look as though the early decade pre-fixes have been dropped but it looks as though there is a work-around.
Just read an article referring to the registering of old types like Piper Cubs etc. and it appears they apply for an N- reg but simply paint NX- onto the aircraft (to retain authenticity for the type flown] although the registration system/documentation only requests and shows N-.
In a more modern context NX- seems to be used where there is an advisory capacity for any passenger in that the a/c is in some way experimental, I.e, special notation for passenger carrying.
Perhaps this a/c may have be been used for type validation when going for new operator / type approval in the USA as it is markedly different to the USN Hawk/Goshawk although produced by the same manufacturer.
The definitive answer would come from Ravn.

[paddyboy]

Nice quartet there, Andrew

[Bilvo]

Worth the wait

They started out on Tuesday 28/11 from Houston Ellington Airport - Columbus Ohio - Bangor - Goose Bay - Narsarsuaq - Keflavik - Prestwick - Lakenheath

N508XX is wearing NX508XX but is N508XX in the FAA Registry

Ink on paper and a bit of black paint that doesn't match, not much to get excited about really is it.

[Nighthawke]

For those of us who are serious about our record-keeping it is important. Not bothered about expressing my excitement levels though.

[ciaranchef]

Fantastic shots, do we know how long they are in town for? thanks