Aircraft XE688 Data

XE688
1955 Hawker Hunter GA.11, c/n XE688
Latest photos of XE688
XE688 @ EGVA - RIAT 2025 - by Roberto Cassar
Roberto Cassar
@ EGVA
XE688 - Bwlch Oerdws, Mach Loop. Cymru. UK - by Steve Wright
Steve Wright
XE688 @ EGVA - RIAT 2022 - by ianlane1960
ianlane1960
@ EGVA
XE688 @ EGXE - HHA Hunter XE688 departing RAF Leeming - by Steve Raper
Steve Raper
@ EGXE
Airframe Info
Manufacturer Hawker
Model Hunter GA.11 Search all Hawker Hunter GA.11
Year built 1955
Construction Number (C/N) XE688
Aircraft Type Fixed wing single engine
Number of Seats 2
Number of Engines 1
Engine Type Turbojet
Engine Manufacturer and Model Rolls Royce Avon
Aircraft
Registration Number XE688
Current Status Registered
Owner
Owner Hawker Hunter Aviation Ltd
Address LINCOLNSHIRE
,
United Kingdom
User Comments
Malcolm Clarke, 2021-01-06 09:42:40
Originally built as an F.4 for the RAF (as XE704), served with 112 Sqn, became a maintenance airframe and then sold back to Hawkers for coversion to T.72 for the Chilean Air Force. Retired to the National Aerospace Museum in Chile, then sold to Embraer registered as PP-XHH for use as a flight test aircraft.