| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | XJ490 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland D.H. 110 Sea Vixen |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland D.H. 110 Sea Vixen |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 110 Sea Vixen FAW2 |
| C/n (msn): | 10017 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Navy |
| Location | |
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| City / Area: | Sentosa / Barracks [ Off-Airport, gone ]Map |
| Country: | Singapore |
| Collection: | Sentosa |
| Photo Date: | 31 January 1988 |
| Photo by: | Jan Makkus |
| Photo ID: | 411319 |
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Built as an FAW1, it made its first flight 06-Mar-1959 as Royal Navy XJ490. In Apr-1964 it went to Hawker Siddeley for conversion to FAW2. Due to corrosion the aircraft was withdrawn from use at Tengah in Singapore in Oct-1971. In 1973 it was donated to the Aeronautical Engineering Department of Singapore Polytechnic. By 1980 it had gone on display at Sentosa. From there it was brought to the Queensland Air Museum at Caloundra in Australia in March 1989. This photo is copyright © Jan Makkus, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 12 November 2021, and has since been viewed 161 times. |