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is there a hunter permanently at Scampton
just sighted one on ads exchange and wondered
be glad of any info

Hello,

Welcome!

Yes, there are a fair few Hunters at Scampton, operated by HHA LTd, they also have a Buccaneer, Su-22 and F-4F, more info here: https://hunterteam.com/

They have Hunter T.72 XE688 and Hunter F.58 ZZ191 currently airworthy, and I think F.58 ZZ190 is not far off being airworthy again when needed to be.

As you now have 5 posts you will be able to see the heads up section, which has some info about todays flight.

viewtopic.php?f=8&t=206594

Cheers

Mike

ah ok thanks
is there a section of the airport
i.e. hangar
for the older aircraft?

and is hunter team a private venture or part of the wider RAF

Lots of info here :- https://hunterteam.com/

HHA were rumored to be moving to Boscombe down when Scampton closes, now gone quiet.

SeaFuryFan wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 22, 2021 12:17 pm

HHA were rumored to be moving to Boscombe down when Scampton closes, now gone quiet.

Space at Yeovilton.......

Not for the whole fleet!

Kemble could be another option.

thevulcan wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 23, 2021 9:16 am

Kemble could be another option.

Would there be an issue having military registered aircraft (and all that entails) based at a civilian base?

I'm sure finding somewhere to put them all at Kemble would also be an issue

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Agent K wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 24, 2021 7:58 am

thevulcan wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 23, 2021 9:16 am

Kemble could be another option.

Would there be an issue having military registered aircraft (and all that entails) based at a civilian base?

FOST Dauphins at Newquay don't seem to have an issue

Isn't the meteors at Chalgrove with Martin Baker on the military register

EGDR wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 24, 2021 12:22 pm

Agent K wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 24, 2021 7:58 am

thevulcan wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 23, 2021 9:16 am

Kemble could be another option.

Would there be an issue having military registered aircraft (and all that entails) based at a civilian base?

FOST Dauphins at Newquay don't seem to have an issue

Read that they only use Newquay for hangar space, officially operate from HMS Raleigh, maybe a way around what AgentK is talking about

Ghost from above wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 24, 2021 5:12 pm

Isn't the meteors at Chalgrove with Martin Baker on the military register

The MB Meteors have civil G-JWMA and G-JSMA registrations also allocated.

colt99 wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 24, 2021 8:14 pm

EGDR wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 24, 2021 12:22 pm

Agent K wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 24, 2021 7:58 am

Would there be an issue having military registered aircraft (and all that entails) based at a civilian base?

FOST Dauphins at Newquay don't seem to have an issue

Read that they only use Newquay for hangar space, officially operate from HMS Raleigh, maybe a way around what AgentK is talking about

When the UAS had Bulldogs on military serials they flew from Glasgow/Cambridge/Belfast City airports... and probably a few more civil airports too.

Interesting comments and observations, thanks, hence my initial comment, I wasn't sure! I know, for example, when I was visiting the RNHF hangar at VL, it was required that the maintenance and operation of the civilian registered types they had (the recently lost Sea Fury for example) required the whole maintenance line and operation to be kept fully separate from the military one (the Swordfish for example) so not insurmountable, but a consideration.

reaper493 wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 22, 2021 11:06 am

Hello,

Welcome!

Yes, there are a fair few Hunters at Scampton, operated by HHA LTd, they also have a Buccaneer, Su-22 and F-4F, more info here: https://hunterteam.com/

They have Hunter T.72 XE688 and Hunter F.58 ZZ191 currently airworthy, and I think F.58 ZZ190 is not far off being airworthy again when needed to be.

As you now have 5 posts you will be able to see the heads up section, which has some info about todays flight.

viewtopic.php?f=8&t=206594

Cheers

Mike

Hi Reaper, my interest was piqued at your mention of an F-4F, but then I couldn't see one listed on the HHA fleet listing? Perhaps it's a stealth F4?

ex Luftwaffe F-4F 37+89 arrived by road in 2015, intended as a spares frame for 38+48, that's yet to arrive.

We were fortunate enough to get a visit to HHA on September 2018, we logged 8 Hunters - 2 flyers (ZZ190/191), one "almost-ready-to-fly" (ZZ194), one being rebuilt after shipping over from Brazil (PP-XHH) and 4 stored (G-CGHU, G-CJWL, G-GAII and XF995), along with SU-22 98+14, F-4F 37+89 and Buccaneer G-HHAA (ex XX885). Since then only 3 of the Hunters have flown, they weren't really sure what to do with the rest of the jets, so I would say the other Phantom probably looks doubtful now, especially as they are likely to become homeless!