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Old 5th Aug 2005, 12:56
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Gnat restoration at Bournemouth

Sighted XR537 (G-NATY), the former Red Arrows Gnat T1, leaving Aim's paintshop at Hurn on Monday, being towed back towards De Havilland's engineering hangar.

Decked out in very shiny new Reds livery (proper fuselage lightning stripe from the look of things) ... she looked very

Later enquiries around the museum confirmed that she's being restored to flight status! ... which will (I think - checks book) make her the only genuine Reds Gnat on the UK circuit?

Two local biz guys are apparently arranging for her to be put back in the sky and things must be pretty advanced, or why bother with a 5-figure respray?

Anyone else know anything?

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