Experience the exhilirating rush of flying in a British Warbird...

This is a unique, once in a lifetime opportunity to experience flying in a British War Bird, a HAWKER HUNTER T7 fighter/training aircraft. The aircraft is in immaculate condition and has been flown privately for the last 5 years. In private service FoxOne as she is affectionately referred to by her call sign, is registered under the CAA as G-BXFI but she also retains her RAF service code WV372. She is expertly and meticulously maintained in full ready flying condition by one of the best Hunter specialists in the United Kingdom.

The Hunter was one of the most successful of the British postwar fighters, and is remembered as a delightful, capable aircraft in every respect. The prototype was first flown on 20 July 1951, and the single-seat Hunter F1 entered service with the Royal Air Force in July 1954. The two-seat variant Hunter T7, entered service in 1958. Deliveries of the Hunter continued until 1966, and during its life, the airplane was continually modified and improved, resulting in more than 25 variants, including export versions for 22 foreign nations. All versions were supersonic, and most of the later variants featured increases in armament, power and fuel quantity.

Major variants included the F4, with the Avon Mk 115 engine and an increased fuel capacity; the F5, fitted with a Sapphire Mk 101 engine; the F6 with the Avon Mk 203 engine and increased fuel capacity; the T8 which was a Two-seat Navy version; the FR10 RAF reconnaissance version; the GA11 Royal Navy single-seat attack version; and the FGA9 version with greater weapons capacity, increased thrust and a strengthened fuselage for its ground-attack role.

Until just a few years ago, about a fifth of all Hawker Hunters built were still in service, mainly with the Swiss Air Force, the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy, but as of 1998, only Zimbabwe's Hawker Hunters were still used in front-line service. About 30 are still airworthy in private hands.

Fox-One Hawker Hunter T7 - WV372 (G-BXFI)
Like many of the T7's, WV372 was initially built as a single seat F4 at Hawker's Kingston plant. It was first flown by Hugh Merewether on 17 July 1955 and delivered to 5MU RAF Kemble on 2 September 1955. On 3 Jan '56 222 Squadron at Leuchars took 372 on charge until 1958, where the conversion to T7 was carried out and the aircraft stored at Kemble until early 1960.

It was then that 372 flew with 2 (AC) Squadron at Gütersloh in the colors she now wears, as 'Romeo', though the aircraft was later assigned to the Station Flights at both Jever and Gütersloh. In 1971 she was taken on by No 4 Flying Training School (FTS) at Valley in Anglesey and there she remained until July 1981 when the Buccaneer Force called, joining 208 Squadron at Honington. In October 1984 another change of role occurred when the aircraft was transferred to the Royal Navy, serving with the Fleet Requirements and Air Direction Unit (FRADU) and acquiring the fleet number 877. This was the aircraft's last Service role; she was auctioned in 1997 and bought by a civilian pilot based at Bournemouth, who then had 'Fox-One', as she is now called, repainted in 2nd Squadron colors.

The group Fox-One Ltd. moved the aircraft to Kemble in 1998.