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    Airframe Family: Folland Gnat
    Latest Model:Gnat T.1
    Last Military Serial:XR984 RAF
    Construction Number:FL581
    Last Civil Registration:N316RF
    Compressed ID:Folland Gnat T.1 sn XR984 RAF cn FL...
    Latest Owner or Location:California Flight Museum, Coronado, CA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Gnat T.1.

    6 March 1964

    First flight.

    25 March 1964

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n XR984.
    The delivery date is provided.

    New serial number assigned: 8571M RAF

    29 April 1991

    Possibly sold at the Christie Historic Aircraft Auction at Wroughton.

    27 April 2005

    To unknown owner with c/r N316RF.
    Sale reported to a new owner in San Diego, CA.

    23 May 2005

    To San Diego Flight Museum, Coronado, CA keeping c/r N316RF.

    Based at California Flight Museum, Brown Field Municipal Airport, San Diego, CA.
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    9 January 2006

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX316RF (GNAT T.MK.1, FL581) issued.

    12 August 2010

    To unknown owner with c/r N316RF.
    Sale reported to a new owner in San Diego, CA.

    9 September 2010

    To unknown owner with c/r N316RF.
    Registration pending to a new owner in San Diego, CA.

    6 October 2010

    To Easy Mig Aviation Llc, San Diego, CA keeping c/r N316RF.

    8 March 2018

    To Easy Mig Aviation Llc, Coronado, CA keeping c/r N316RF.

    6 July 2024

    To unknown owner with c/r N316RF.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Coronado, CA.

    3 August 2024

    To California Flight Museum, Coronado, CA keeping c/r N316RF.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Euro Demobbed by Horrex, Ray, Boulanger, Dunn, McGhee and Wood
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    UK Serials Resource Centre by Wolverhampton Aviation Group
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
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