A40 Hunter

[BikerMark]

Hawker Hunter on the roof of Vanguard Storage, north side of the A40, just east of Greenford.

It's got the serial WT555 as far as I could make out from a quick glimpse as I passed it yesterday.

If genuine, that makes it the 1st production Mk1. Seems like a fairly important aircraft to have sitting on a roof.

Looks to be in good external condition, though.

Who owns it? It's come & gone from this location a few times.

Mark.

[PPRuNe Radar]

Serial looks correct, as does the location (which is also the owner).

Hunter Survivors (http://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/hunter/survivors.html)

[VP8]

There was a chopper on the roof last time I went past a few years ago on the tube and the Hunter was in the rear storage yard..... :}

VEEPS

[John Farley]

It is genuine and the orig prod a/c. Because of this at one stage I tried to get a Museum to buy it but it was snapped up by the current owners before the admin wheels could grind.

[fradu]

I think it's great that it has survived, and all the other Mk.1s.
It must have been well looked after over the past 50 years!