Home is the Hunter

[Ghostrider]

This week I had the opportunity to see the old Hawker-Siddeley Hunter in action again, and thought to share some stuff with you folks...

A couple of shots of it flying with the Patrouille Suisse...

This one will make panel designers happy. :thumbup:

And now some videos. Sorry for the uneven and slightly Battlestar Galactica-ish quality but I used a smartphone and a compact camera beside a camcorder and the darn autofocus mechanisms do not like fast-moving objects on an uneven background.

Here is the Hunter taxiing around...

... Hunter taking off...

... Hunter flying in formation with the Patrouille Suisse...

... Patrouille Suisse flyby sans Hunter...

... Hunter flyby...

... And finally, Hunter landing.

 

[jedidia]

Didn't know we still had one capable of flying...

 

[Urwumpe]

Nice oldtimer...

 

[Ghostrider]

Didn't know we still had one capable of flying...

Actually we have more than one. We also have the pilots and volunteer crews, so the old beasts still have some years to drill holes in the sky. There are Hunter appreciation societies in other former user countries as well.