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Hawker Hunter Mk.58A 'Miss Demeanour'

A look at what was the most imaginatively and strikingly decorated ex military jet on the Airshow circuit. Jonathon 'Flapjack' Whaley's Hawker Hunter Mk.58, G-PSST, named 'Miss Demeanour'. The aircraft is an ex RAF, Royal Navy and Swiss Air Force example which was sold by Jonathon Whaley at the end of 2017. It has now reportedly been exported to Canada by its new owner, Lortie Aviation Inc, who are expected to be operating the aircraft on Defence training contracts for the Canadian and US Military, together with other aircraft in their fleet. The display seen here was Jonathon Whaley's final public display in the UK at Duxfords Autumn Airshow 2013. This short film is an improved re edit of an earlier film entitled 'Flapjacks Finale', with some additional material . G-PSST was originally built for the Royal Air Force as a mark F.4, XF947, back in 1956. Part of the first production batch of F.4s, XF947 was initially delivered to No.5 Maintenance Unit at Kemble in Gloucestershire before entering active service with No.3(Fighter) Squadron at RAF Geilenkirchen, Germany, as part of 2 ATAF (Allied Tactical Air Force). After a short period of time she was re-allocated to 229 Operational Conversion Unit at RAF Chivenor in Devon. When XF947’s operational career with the RAF was over, she was transferred to the Fleet Air Arm at Arbroath (HMS Condor) as a Ground Instructional Airframe (number A2568) before being classed surplus to requirements and placed up for disposal. So it was that she was purchased by Hawker Siddeley Aviation in 1971 as G-9-317 for conversion to a Mk58A as part of a contract for the Swiss Air Force. Re-serialled as J-4104, she was delivered to the Swiss Air Force on 2nd February 1972 and spent most of her remaining military career as a target tug carrying the Swedish MBV-2S winch which was carried under the starboard wing. In 1996 J-4104 was retired from military service for a second time, was sold to a private owner and ferried to the British Aerospace airfield at Dunsfold in Surrey, with a total of just 1659 hours on the airframe! In 1997 she was acquired by Jonathon Whaley’s company, Heritage Aviation Developments Ltd, registered as G-PSST and was ferried across to Hurn Airport near Bournemouth to undergo restoration by Jet Heritage Ltd. Restoration was completed in mid-’98 and she was towed across the airfield to AIM Aviation for surface finishing at the end of the year. This was completed in January 1999. The aircraft was put up for sale in 2014, as her engine was time-expired, and then the Shoreham air disaster resulted in Hunters being grounded for a while and then hit with extra maintenance headaches; operation of the type has become near impossible and so no buyer in Europe could be found. She was deregistered in 2017, bought by Canadian firm Lortie Aviation and shipped to Canada. As of May 2019 she had been repainted in a two tone grey camouflage scheme, but has also been returned to flight on the US Civil register as N345AX. She is now in regular use providing tactical combat training to the Canadian, US and French military. The owner on the register is listed as TVPX Aircraft Solutions INC Trustee of North Salt Lake, Utah, USA. Video and Audio content is Copyright © 2017 S Keeler This video and audio material may not be reproduced in any form (except as the videos Youtube embedded video option on any other website), without written permission.