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    Airframe Family: Folland Gnat
    Latest Model:Gnat T.1
    Last Military Serial:XM694 RAF
    Construction Number:FL504
    Last Civil Registration:N694XM
    Latest Owner or Location:Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Gnat T.1.
    This was the third T.1 development aircraft, with a short nose and without the landing light.

    29 May 1960

    First flight.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n XM694.

    Transferred to AAEE.
    Assigned here during the development phase of the T.1.

    From Unknown to 1974

    Transferred to Bristol-Siddeley Engines Ltd.
    Used as an engine testbed.

    1974

    Transferred to RAE Bedford.
    Used as a ground test vehicle, then retired as an instructional airframe.

    Circa 18 May 2000

    Certificate of airworthiness for N694XM (GNAT T.MK.1, FL504) issued.

    18 May 2000

    To Astre Air International, Aurora, CO with c/r N694XM.

    To Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, AZ.
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    19 December 2002

    Civil registration, N694XM, cancelled.

    By 9 September 2011

    Markings Applied: XM694
    Diplayed in Royal Air Force flight test colours from 1961.

    9 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    9 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Thunder and Lightnings
    UK Serials Resource Centre by Wolverhampton Aviation Group
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
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