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Title: What kind of plane is this? It was seen landing on Guam.
Post by: DaveBB on March 25, 2015, 04:49:47 AM

I have a friend working on Guam, and he sent me a picture of this plane he has seen landing there.  He only quipped that someone called it a "Mk 58", whatever that might mean.  (https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/v/t1.0-9/11073574_1577768735799229_4135898799093795794_n.jpg?oh=8ef3a2440d5fdc46710038b0e51dcdb0&oe=5572DD99)

Title: Re: What kind of plane is this? It was seen landing on Guam.
Post by: palef on March 25, 2015, 04:57:51 AM

It's a Hawker Hunter. The Mk58 version was a rebuild programme that zero-houred earlier versions and was produced for the Swiss. They were retired in the mid-90s.

Title: Re: What kind of plane is this? It was seen landing on Guam.
Post by: xbrit on March 25, 2015, 11:17:24 AM

The Hunter was a good looking plane.
(http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x132/xbrit58/images_zpssofkn5pg.jpg) (http://s187.photobucket.com/user/xbrit58/media/images_zpssofkn5pg.jpg.html)

Title: Re: What kind of plane is this? It was seen landing on Guam.
Post by: Ratsy on March 25, 2015, 01:48:32 PM

Why would it be in Guam?  That's the puzzler for me.

 :salute

Title: Re: What kind of plane is this? It was seen landing on Guam.
Post by: Zimme83 on March 25, 2015, 02:10:18 PM

gusee its there a an "aggressor" for excercise.

Prob used by: http://www.atacusa.com/mk_58_hawk_hunter.html

Title: Re: What kind of plane is this? It was seen landing on Guam.
Post by: Widewing on March 25, 2015, 10:05:21 PM

Quote from: Zimme83 on March 25, 2015, 02:10:18 PM

gusee its there a an "aggressor" for excercise.

Prob used by: http://www.atacusa.com/mk_58_hawk_hunter.html

Correct.
http://atacusa.com/index.html (http://atacusa.com/index.html)