FlyPast 12.2018

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FINALS FOLLAND GNAT

106 FLYPAST December 2018

Sqn Ldr Chris Heames

completed the fi rst public taxi

run in The Heritage Aircraft

Trust Gnat Display Team’s

Folland Gnat F.1 G-SLYR on

September 29. The ground

run was a highlight of the

inaugural Jetfest at North

Weald, Essex. Built in 1967

by Indian manufacturer

Hindustan, the jet’s civil

registration is a contraction

of ‘Sabre Slayer’, a nickname

given to the type in Indian Air

Force service.

http://www.gnatdisplayteam.org

PHIL WHALLEY