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FAIREY GANNET/WN365

Fairey Gannet WN365, right click and view picture for larger version
XT752 at Lee on Solent, May 27, 1991.

Serial #: WN365
Construction #: F9137
Civil Registry:
  G-APYO
  N752XT
  Model(s):   Gannet AS.1
  Gannet T.2
  Gannet T.5
Name: Janet
Status: Restoration
Last info: 2011

History:
Delivered to Royal Navy as WN365, 19??.
- Converted to prototype T.2, first flight Aug. 16, 1954.
Fairey Aviation Ltd, White Waltham, Feb. 17, 1960-1961.
- Registered as G-APYO.
- Rebuilt as T.5, first flight March 3, 1960.
Delivered to Indonesian Navy as AS-14, 1960-1961.
- Used for crew training at White Waltham.
Westland Aircraft Ltd, June 20, 1961-1966.
- withdrawn from use, Oct. 1961.
- Stored at White Waltham, Oct. 1961-1966.
Delivered to Royal Navy as XT752, 1966.
- Delivered to RNAS Lossiemouth for storage, Nov. 23, 1978.
Fleet Air Arm Museum, RNAS Yevilton, 1983-1994.
- Stored at RNAS Culdrose, 1978-1985.
- Total time on airframe 1,525 hrs
- Trucked to RNAS Lee-On-Solent for storage, Oct. 4, 1985-1994.
Amjet Aircraft, St Paul, MN, 1994
- Purchased at RN auction, Nov. 18, 1994.
- Shipped to Canada, May 3, 1995.
- Barged to Milwaukee, WI, and the trucked to Anoka County MN, arriving Oct. 1995.
Wally Fisk/ Amjet Aircraft Corp, St Paul-Anoka County, MN, Feb. 23, 1996-2004.
- Registered as N752XT.
- Restored to airworthy, first flight July 1, 1996.
- Flew as Royal Navy XT752/LM.
Harry Odone, North Weald, UK, 2004.
- Departed on ferry flight to UK, July 18, 2004.
- Aircraft unservicable at Goose Bay, Labrador, Stored in hanger, 2004-2010.
Libelle Inc, Fort Collins, CO, Dec. 2004-2005.
Shannan L. Hendricks, Buffalo, MN, March 23, 2006-2011.
- Transported by An124 to New Richmond, WI, Aug. 2010.
- Under restoration to airworthy.
- Aircraft named Janet.

Fairey Gannet WN365, right click and view picture for larger version
XT752 in Canada enroute from England to the U.S.A, 1995.

Source(s):
www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk
UK Serials
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-5th Edition, 2008.
Federal Aviation Administration, 2011.
Photo Source(s):
Brian Johnstone

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