A privately owned Hawker Siddley Hunter T7 aircraft

BRUCE R. TROMBECKY, USNR

A privately owned Hawker Siddley Hunter T7 aircraft comes in for a landing

Photo taken 1st March 1990

This Hawker Hunter crashed shortly after take-off after suffering a complete power loss on 17th November 1999. It suffered substantial damage, and the pilot was seriously injured.

The remains of this aircraft are stored at Yanks Air Museum, Chino, California, USA.

This aircraft was delivered to the RAF in 1958, reg. No. XL576.

Keywords: Hawker,Hunter,T.7,N576NL,XL576

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Attribution is requested - please use "BRUCE R. TROMBECKY, USNR" for attribution

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