Hunter unvielded at Nagpur

A WoI Report - By Kapil Chandni

December , Nagpur: The Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal A Y Tipnis , had in a special function unvieled a Hawker Hunter T.66 aircraft in the Nagpur Municipal Corporation park. The aircraft was donated to the NMC two years back, but it was only this year for the 400 year celebrations of the city raising, the aircraft was put up on display.

The serial number of the aircraft is S-576. This aircraft was first observed as withdrawn from use at Kalaikunda by Simon Watson/Phil Camp during thier visit to the airbase. It is a two seater trainer version.

The aircraft was one of the two initially donated by the IAF. The other aircraft was reportedly returned back. A Special IAF Team had arrived some days before in help install the aircraft and in painting it.

We are in the process of procuring the photographs and will soon publish them here.