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    Airframe Family: Folland Gnat
    Latest Model:Gnat T.1
    Last Military Serial:XP513 RAF
    Construction Number:FL.528
    Last Civil Registration:N513X
    Latest Owner or Location:Theodore R Wright Enterprises Inc, Whitefish, MT

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    Dates

    Event

    Circa 1963

    Constructed as a Gnat T.1.

    8 February 1963

    First flight.

    18 March 1963

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n XP513.

    Transferred to Royal Aircraft Establishment, Bedford.

    21 April 1980

    Ferry flight.
    Flown from Bedford to Boscombe Down.

    21 April 1980

    Transferred to Apprentice School, Boscombe Down.

    1985

    To Lance Aircraft Supply, Dallas, TX.
    Acquired from the Ministry of Defense.

    25 June 1997

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX513X (GNAT T 1, XP513) issued.

    21 March 2003

    To R Z. Blue Trustee, Cypress, TX with new c/r N513X.

    10 February 2011

    To Spirit of Flight Foundation, Erie, CO keeping c/r N513X.

    5 June 2015

    To Theodore R Wright Enterprises Inc, Whitefish, MT keeping c/r N513X.

    5 July 2016

    Civil registration, N513X, cancelled.
    Exported to United Kingdom.


    Photographer: Kevin Bodkins
    Notes: Folland Gnat T.1 at the Carswell AFB Open House sometime in the early 90s.
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