Jet Provost XN458, The Standard pub, Northallerton, North Yorkshire
N 54° 20.671 W 001° 26.261
30U E 601557 N 6022979
In the beer garden of the Standard pub is a Jet Provost airframe, in Northallerton.
Waymark Code: WMDVJJ
Location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 02/27/2012
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The airframe is owned by a group of enthusiasts and is being slowly restored. Jet Provost air-planes were used as jet trainers. Usually painted red upper and white underneath, there is currently only a grey undercoat. The airframe arrived in 2005 in red and white livery, on the back of a lorry. (
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Demobbed aircraft (
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Images (
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XN458 own site (
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XN458 Yahoo group (
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Service Record (
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