Hot Shots

[Shannon spotter]

Hi lads/lasses,

A strange question for ye, i saw my sister watching "Hot Shots" the other day (What a movie ) anyway she asked me what type of plane "Topper" flew.

Now, i looked at it but i cant recognise it.
Anyone out there know what type they flew?? It looks like a Folland Gnat/Ajeet.

Thanks in advance,
Dirk.

[evhest]

Nothing wrong with your aircraft recognition; Gnats indeed!

[Polecat]

I think they used Ajeets indeed, one of them was owned by Dave Tallichet and I think it's now preserved in a museum...

[Shannon spotter]

not so bad.

Thanks for the help lads!!!

regards,
Dirk

[Wijgert IJlst]

Far as I can tell these are former RAF expamples. The Gnat is produced by Folland and the Ajeet is produced in license by the HAL in India. Far as I know only India operated the Ajeet and the Gnat has been delivered to Finland and the UK. The Gnats in Hotshots are former RAF in USN colors.

[Arjan]

Hi Wijgert,

The Gnat preserved in the museum at March, Ca is a former Indian AF Ajeet and there are a number of Ajeets stored at Chino.
Maybe they were Ajeets or a mix! Don’t know it is possible to tell the difference between them!

Best regards,

Arjan

[Polecat]

That's what I thought, don't think there were that many Folland Gnats flying in the US...


did a quick google and found this..

http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.s ... Gnat/Ajeet


and this....

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_q ... i_n9446486

(maybe the Korsakov is still reasonably under control....)

Grtz