List of surviving Folland Gnats

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Folland Gnat

The Folland Gnat was a single-seat jet fighter and training aircraft that served with the British, Finnish, Indian and Yugoslav air forces. The HAL Ajeet, or Gnat 2, is also included.

Australia[]

Stored or under restoration
  • Gnat T1 VH-XSO painted as XS101 at Melbourne, Victoria[1]

Bangladesh[]

Stored or under restoration
On display

Finland[]

Folland Gnat Mk.1 (GN-101) in Airforce Museum of Central Finland
Stored or under restoration
  • Gnat F1 GN-101 at Finnish Airforce Museum located near Jyväskylä Airport
  • Gnat F1 GN-103 gateguard at Karelian Aviation Museum located at Lappeenranta Airport
  • Gnat F1 GN-104 gateguard at Finnish Airforce Museum located near Jyväskylä Airport
  • Gnat F1 GN-105 stored disassembled at the Finnish Aviation Museum located near Vantaa Airport, Helsinki[3]
  • Gnat F1 GN-106 at Karelian Aviation Museum located at Lappeenranta Airport
  • Gnat F1 GN-107 at Karhula Aviation Museum located at Kymi airfield near Kotka
  • Gnat F1 GN-110 on pole at the air defence memorial near gate to Jaeger Brigade Air Defence Battalion at Rovaniemi airfield.
  • Gnat FR1 GN-112 at Päijät-Häme Aviation Museum at Vesivehmaa airfield, north of Lahti
  • Gnat FR1 GN-113 stored disassembled at Helsinki-Malmi Airfield[1]

India[]

Airworthy (2008)
On display
A Gnat F1 preserved at the Indian Air Force Museum , Palam , New Delhi
  • Gnat F1 IE1059 at Indian Air Force Museum, Palam, Delhi[5]
  • Gnat F1 IE1205 at , Delhi[4]
  • Gnat F1 IE1246 at Indian Air Force Headquarters Display, Delhi[4]
  • Gnat F1 at Kerala State Science and Technology Museum, Thiruvananthapuram[6]
  • Gnat F1 IE1062 at Martyr's Memorial, Dharamshala[7]
  • Gnat F1 at Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon Memorial, Ludhiana[8]
  • Gnat F1 E254 at Pragathi Maidan Defence Exhibition, New Delhi[9]
  • HAL Ajeet E1975 at Indian Air Force Headquarters Display, Delhi[4]
  • HAL Ajeet E1083 at Hindustan Aerospace War Memorial, Bangalore[10]
  • HAL Ajeet IE1975 at Indian Air Force Museum, Palam, Delhi[5]
  • HAL Ajeet E2016 at Indian Air Force Museum, Palam, Delhi[5]
  • HAL Ajeet at Kangla Fort[11]
Stored or under restoration
  • Gnat F1 at Air Force School Display[12]
  • Gnat F1 at Ambala Air Force Station War Memorial[13]
  • Gnat F1 at Bagdogra Air Force Station Museum[14]
  • Gnat F1 at Bareilly Air Force Station Museum[14]
  • Gnat F1 Central Air Command Headquarters Museum, Allahabad[15]
  • Gnat F1 at Chandigarh Air Force Station Museum[16]
  • Gnat F1 at Defence Services Staff College Display Museum, Wellington, Tamil Nadu[17]
  • Gnat F1 Painted as DJ1992 at Diamond Jubilee Museum, Midnapur[18]
  • Gnat F1 E232 at , Midnapur[18]
  • Gnat F1 E1046 at Hasimara Air Force Station Museum[19]
  • Gnat F1 E1205 at Indian Air Force Historic Flight, Palam, Delhi[4]
  • Gnat F1 E1246 at Indian Air Force Historic Flight, Palam, Delhi[4]
  • Gnat F1 at Indian Air Force Technical College Collection, Bangalore[20]
  • Gnat F1 E323 at Indian Air Force Technical College Collection, Bangalore[20]
  • Gnat F1 at Lawrence School Memorial, Lovedale[6]
  • Gnat F1 E261 at Maintenance Command Headquarters Display, Nagpur[7]
  • Gnat F1 E1059 at Mayo College Memorial, Ajmer[7]
  • Gnat F1 E247 at National Defence Academy, Pune[21]
  • Gnat F1 at No.9 Airmen Selection Centre Memorial, Bhubaneshwar[22]
  • Gnat F1 at Southern Air Command Headquarters Museum. Trivandrum[23]
  • Gnat F1 IE1078 at Tambaram Air Force Station Museum[24]
  • HAL Ajeet E1048 at Defence Services Staff College Display Museum, Wellington, Tamil Nadu[17]
  • HAL Ajeet E1956at Diamond Jubilee Museum, Midnapur[18]
  • HAL Ajeet IE1241 at Doon School Memorial,[18]
  • HAL Ajeet at Eastern Air Command Headquarters Museum, Shillong[18]
  • HAL Ajeet at Military College of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, Hyderabad[25]
  • HA Ajeet painted as E1972 at St Mary's School Memorial, Pune[24]

Gnat f1 at la martiniere college, lucknow

  • Gnat F1 at Jawahar bal bhavan in

Trissivaperoor Kerala

New Zealand[]

Stored or under restoration

Pakistan[]

Gnat F1 IE1083

Serbia[]

Gnat F.1 at the Belgrade Aviation Museum
On display
  • Gnat F1 11601 at the Belgrade Aviation Museum[27]

United Kingdom[]

The three Gnats of The Heritage Aircraft Trust display at the 2014 RAF Waddington International Airshow
Airworthy
  • Gnat T1 G-FRCE at North Weald Aerodrome[28]
  • Gnat T1 G-NATY painted as XR537 of the Royal Air Force at Bournemouth Airport[29]
  • Gnat T1 G-RORI painted as XR538 of the Royal Air Force at North Weald Aerodrome[28]
  • Gnat T1 G-MOUR painted as XR991 of the Royal Air Force at North Weald Aerodrome[28]
On display
Gnat F1 at Midland Air Museum
  • Gnat F1 XK724 at the RAF Museum Cosford[30]
  • Gnat F1 XK740 at the Solent Sky Museum, Southampton, Hampshire[31]
  • Gnat F1 XK741 painted as GN-101 of the Finnish Air Force at the Midland Air Museum, Coventry
  • Gnat T1 XM693 at the former Hamble Aerodrome, Hampshire[32]
  • Gnat T1 XM697 at Reynard Garden Centre, Carluke, South Lanarkshire[33]
  • Gnat T1 XP502 painted as XR540 at Cotswold Airport[34]
  • Gnat T1 XP516 at Farnborough Air Sciences Trust, Farnborough, Hampshire[35]
  • Gnat T1 XP534 painted as XR993 at Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome, Leicestershire[36]
  • Gnat T1 XP542 at Air Cadets at Southampton, Hampshire.[31]
  • Gnat T1 XR534 at Newark Air Museum[37]
  • Gnat T1 XR571 at RAF Scampton[38]
  • Gnat T1 XR574 at Trenchard Museum, RAF Halton[39]
  • Gnat T1 XR977 at RAF Museum Cosford[40]
  • Gnat T1 XS104 at North Weald Airfield
Stored or under restoration
  • Gnat F1 G-SLYR marked as E296 Indian Air Force[28]
  • Gnat T1 XM708 at Blue Bird Project, Lytham St Anne's, Lancashire[41]
  • Gnat T1 XP505 at Science Museum, Wroughton Aerodrome, Wiltshire[42]
  • Gnat T1 XP540 at Bruntingthorpe Airfield[28]
  • Gnat T1 XR541 at North Weald Airfield[28]

United States[]

Folland Gnat T.1 'XR572/N572XR' in the markings of the RAF Red Arrows at the Jeffco open house in June 2006
Airworthy
  • Gnat T1 N1CL of the at William P. Hobby Airport, Texas[43]
  • Gnat T1 N19GT at Chino, California[44]
  • Gnat T1 N316RF at San Diego, California[1]
  • Gnat T1 N4347N at Fort Lauderdale, Florida[1]
  • Gnat T1 N4367L at Austin, Texas[1]
  • Gnat T1 N513X at Erie Municipal Airport, Colorado[1]
  • Gnat T1 N533XP at Westchester County Airport, Connecticut[1]
  • Gnat T1 N572XR painted as XR572 of the Royal Air Force at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport, Broomfield, Colorado[1]
  • Gnat T1 N7CV at California City, California[1] (cancelled as exported to New Zealand 7 August 2019)
  • Gnat T1 N7HY at Chino, California[1]
  • Gnat T1 N8130N at Tallahassee Regional Airport, Florida[1]
  • Gnat T1 N8130Q at Front Range Airport, Colorado[1]
  • Gnat T1 N936FC at East Islip, New York[1]
On display
  • Gnat T1 XM694 at Pima Air Museum, Tucson, Arizona[1]
  • Gnat F1 former Indian Air Force E-1076 at March Field Air Museum, Riverside, California.[45]
Stored or under restoration
  • Gnat T1 N107XS at Greenwich, Connecticut[1]
  • Gnat T1 N109XS at Front Range Airport, South Carolina[1]
  • Gnat T1 N117SH at Lawrenceville, Georgia[1]
  • Gnat T1 N6145X at Livermore, California[1]
  • Gnat T1 N698XM painted as Royal Air Force XM698 at St Cloud, Florida[1]
  • Gnat T1 N705XM at St Cloud, Florida[1]
  • Gnat T1 N81298 at Front Range Airport, South Carolina[1]
  • Gnat T1 N998XR at Front Range Airport, South Carolina[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v "Out of Service British Military Aircraft". Demobbed.org.uk. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  2. ^ Ogden 2008, p.57
  3. ^ MacConnacher, p. 79
  4. ^ a b c d e f Ogden 2008, p.96
  5. ^ a b c Ogden 2008, p.97
  6. ^ a b Ogden 2008, p.100
  7. ^ a b c Ogden 2008, p.102
  8. ^ Ogden 2008, p.105
  9. ^ Ogden 2008, p.108
  10. ^ Ogden 2008, p.94
  11. ^ Ogden 2008, p.99
  12. ^ Ogden 2008, p.82
  13. ^ Ogden 2008, p.83
  14. ^ a b Ogden 2008, p.84
  15. ^ Ogden 2008, p.87
  16. ^ Ogden 2008, p.88
  17. ^ a b Ogden 2008, p.89
  18. ^ a b c d e Ogden 2008, p.90
  19. ^ Ogden 2008, p.93
  20. ^ a b Ogden 2008, p.98
  21. ^ Ogden 2008, p.104
  22. ^ Ogden 2008, p.107
  23. ^ Ogden 2008, p.111
  24. ^ a b Ogden 2008, p.112
  25. ^ Ogden 2008, p.103
  26. ^ Ogden 2008, p.221
  27. ^ Ogden 2009, p.505
  28. ^ a b c d e f Ellis 2016, p. 59
  29. ^ Ellis 2016, p. 50
  30. ^ Ellis 2016, p. 194
  31. ^ a b Ellis 2016, p. 80
  32. ^ Ellis 2016, p. 74
  33. ^ Ellis 2016, p. 308
  34. ^ Ellis 2016, p. 66
  35. ^ Ellis 2016, p. 71
  36. ^ Ellis 2016, p. 134
  37. ^ Ellis 2016, p. 186
  38. ^ Ellis 2016, p. 146
  39. ^ Ellis 2016, p. 17
  40. ^ Ellis 2016, p. 193
  41. ^ Ellis 2016, p. 96
  42. ^ Ellis 2016, p. 286
  43. ^ "Gnat - Vietnam War Flight Museum". Vietnamwarflight.com. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  44. ^ ""Flying and Static Aircraft"". Archived from the original on 27 August 2018. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  45. ^ ""FO141 Gnat"". Archived from the original on 8 January 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2016.

Bibliography[]

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