Hawker Hunter T8M

XL580/723/VL - Hawker Hunter T8M Built to contract - 12626/CB9(c) ~ First T8 aircraft built for Royal Navy

30/05/1958 - first flew - pilot - David Lockspeiser
30/07/1958 - delivered
?/?/? - with 764NAS
06/1962 - to Flag Officer Sea Training
1966 – noted with 759NAS as 812/BY
1970 - to FRADU
19/02/1976 - out to RNAY Belfast
01/09/1976 - returned to FRADU from RNAY Belfast
07/09/1976 - FRADU code '874' applied
04/05/1977 - flown out to RAF Kemble
06/1980 - to BAe Brough for conversion to T8M
07/08/1981 - to 899NAS at RNAS Yeovilton and coded '717/VL'
?/?/? - recoded '719/VL
22/04/1988 - returned from respray at Hurn in low-viz scheme and recoded '723/VL'
21/11/1994 - withdrawn from auction by MOD and placed on loan to FAAM, stored outside on airfield and in various hangars as space allowed
08/05/2000 – to Hall 4 and onto display