Finding visuals...
  • The Locator
  • Airframes Database

    Social media...
    Follow AV on facebook
    Follow AV on Twitter @aerial_visuals
    Follow the AV YouTube Channel

    Site navigation...
  • Home
  • Desktop Calendar
  • The Racers
  • FAQs
  • About Aerial Visuals
  • Comment on this Dossier
    • Search For Airframes Now
    Search - Index - Gallery - Reports - Lists - AV Needs You!

    This page documents a history of a specific aircraft. The details provided vary from aircraft to aircraft and are dependent on the research and amount of data uploaded to the Aerial Visuals database.

    Airframe Family: Folland Gnat
    Latest Model:Gnat T.1
    Last Military Serial:XR998 RAF
    Construction Number:FL592
    Last Civil Registration:N998XR
    Compressed ID:Folland Gnat T.1 sn XR998 RAF cn FL...
    Latest Owner or Location:Front Range Airport, Bennett, Colorado

    EDIT THE HISTORY HERE    		 If you can add to the history or would like to submit a correction please use the editor to do so.

    UPLOAD A PHOTO    		 If you have a photo of this airframe to share then use the photo upload tool.
    The Airframes Database depends on user contributions to stay current.
    If you have any news about this airframe or photos which you would like to share please do so
    by using the links above.
    The more you and others share the better the database becomes!

    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Gnat T.1.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n XR998.

    To Registration Pending, Watkins, CO with new c/r N998XR.

    13 September 1968


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: Gnat T.1 of 4 Flying Training School on display at the 1968 RAF Finningley Battle of Britain Airshow.

    2 September 1978


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: Gnat T.1 of 4 Flying Training School on display at the 1978 RAF Leuchars Airshow.

    21 February 2003

    To unknown owner with c/r N998XR.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Watkins, CO.

    30 August 2012

    Civil registration, N998XR, cancelled.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Watkins, CO.

    30 July 2015

    To Astre Air International, Watkins, CO keeping c/r N998XR.

    To Front Range Airport, Bennett, CO.
    View the Location Dossier
    This dossier is waiting for review by an editor.This airframe dossier is based on
    unreviewed imported data.
    If you can verify the documented history or add to it with additional text and/or photos please feel free to do so by using the upload tool and the history editor.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Internet Sources
     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    U.S. Demobbed by Horrex, Ray, Boulanger, Dunn, McGhee and Wood
    Tell Others About this Airframe Dossier
    Forum Link: [URL=https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=173944][IMG]/home/users/web/b1393/nf.aerialvisuals/public_html/AV/Support/Logo_20x20.jpg[/IMG]Aerial Visuals - Airframe Dossier - Folland Gnat T.1, s/n XR998 RAF, c/n FL592, c/r N998XR[/URL]
    Direct Link: https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=173944
    Copyright 1993-2025 m.AerialVisuals.ca
    The Aerial Visuals pages are best viewed with a screen at least 800 pixels wide.
    In case you are wondering Aerial Visuals is a huge fan Google Chrome. If you do not have Chrome installed why not?
    Aerial Visuals requires cookies and Javascript to function correctly. Please ensure these features are enabled in your browser.
    Aerial Visuals is powered by Netfirms.