GAF Jindivik arrives at Newark Air Museum

The trustees of Newark Air Museum have announced that they have taken ownership of GAF Jindivik, A92-708.

GAF Jindivik, A92-708 crash landed on its 125th flight on 20 August 1990, whilst being used for trials in the run up to the first Gulf War in Iraq 1991, for Operation Granby. After being stored at RAF Llanbedr, Gwynedd for a number of years, the airframe was acquired by the Bristol Aero Collection in 1997 and was moved to its site at Kemble, Gloucs. The Jindivik had recently been in store at Aerospace Bristol’s site at Patchway, Bristol.

Museum trustee Colin Savill commented, “We are extremely grateful to Aerospace Bristol for helping us to complete this latest acquisition. From its use a target drone the Jindivik lies within two of our collecting remits; it will also complement the museum’s UAV display. The UAV display was established as a collaborative exercise with the Institute of Engineering and Surveying and Space Geodesy (IESSG) at the University of Nottingham and the RAF Museum, Hendon.”

He concluded, “Now it has arrived we plan to assemble the Jindivik and display it close to our entrance area. Our long-term aim is to be able to display it under cover. We are really pleased to have added this to our collection.”

Newark Air Museum is located on a former Royal Air Force station at Winthorpe, near Newark-on-Trent.

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