Aircraft Photo of XA459 | Fairey Gannet ECM.6 | UK - Navy | AirHistory.net #525928
Location
City / Airport:CarlisleMap
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:ICAO: EGNC   IATA: CAX   Local: -   Other: -
Collection:Solway Aviation Museum
 
Photo Date:13 November 2022
Photo by:Richard Vandervord
Photo ID: 525928
Photo Comment

Built as a Gannet AS.4 and entering service in 1957, XA459 was converted to ECM.6 in 1961 and served 831 NAS at Culdrose until 1966. After use as a ground instructional trainer, it was moved to the museum at Cardiff airport in 1979 and when that collapsed in the late 1980s, passed through a series of private owners, landing up at White Waltham in 2006, appropriate as that is where Fairey built and test-flew Gannets. Acquired in very poor condition in 2020, once again the Solway volunteers have done a brilliant restoration job.

This photo is copyright © Richard Vandervord, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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