Folland Gnat facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Folland Gnat.

Red Arrows Folland Gnat.
Role	Training and fighter aircraft.
National origin	UK.
Manufacturer	Folland
First flight	1954
Introduction	1958
Status	Out of order
Primary user	Royal Air Force
Produced	Out of production.
Number built	450 examples.

The Folland Gnat is a British fighter aircraft. It was also used as a training aircraft. The Folland Gnat is a single-turbojet aircraft. It is completely made of metal. The Gnat was used by RAF's Red Arrows as a team plane. Finland also used it. In India the aircraft company Hindustan Aeronautics Limited built this aircraft as HAL Ajeet.

Images for kids

First Gnat F.1 prototype
Gnat F.1 single-seat fighter variant at the 1957 Paris Air Salon
Operational Gnat T.1 of No. 4 Flying Training School RAF in 1971
Folland Gnat Mk.1 cockpit
A preserved Gnat Mk.1 in the Aviation Museum of Central Finland
IAF Folland Gnat ("Sabre slayer")
Privately owned Gnat T.1 displaying at the 2008 Kemble Air Day
The third prototype of the Gnat T.1, XM693 at the SBAC show in 1961, showing the short nose of the early aircraft. It now guards the old Folland plant at Hamble, though painted as a Red Arrows aircraft
Folland Gnat at RAF Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire on Battle of Britain Day, 14 September 1963
Folland Gnat Mk.1 (GN-101) in Aviation Museum of Central Finland.
Folland Gnat with markings of SFR Yugoslav Air Force markings in Belgrade Aviation Museum.
A former Red Arrows aircraft, XR537
Folland Gnat ejection seat