ULSTER AVIATION SOCIETY
Currently under heavy restoration in our second hangar, XA460 is a long-term project for the hangar volunteers.
The following photographs of XA460 are what it will look like after restoration work is completed in the future. The Fairey Gannet was a British carrier-borne aircraft of the post-Second World War era in the late 1950s / early 1960s, developed for the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm (FAA) by the Fairey Aviation Company.
It was a mid-wing monoplane with a tricycle undercarriage and a crew of three, and a double turboprop engine driving two contra-rotating propellers.
Photos by Adrian Balch
Fairey Gannet ECM.6
— XA460
Photo: Mark J. Cairns
Fairey Gannet — XA460 — currently under intense and dedicated Restoration Work within hangar 2 at the Ulster Aviation Society
Side profile of our Fairey Gannet XA460 — currently being restored
UNDER RESTORATION
Most of the Restoration Team who have worked on the Fairey Gannet XA460 (as of April 2017) include (L~R): Alan Moller, Billy McCall, Anne McIlveen, David Jackson (team leader), Ian Hendry, Ben Gibson, Stephen Hegarty.
It's a major restoration, so several other volunteers have helped out in recent years too who aren’t pictured.
Photo: Mark J. Cairns
Photo: Stephen Riley
Triple cockpits of the Fairey Gannet XA460 — currently being restored at the Ulster Aviation Society at Maze Long Kesh, Lisburn
Photo: Mark J. Cairns
The Fairey Gannet was a British carrier-borne, anti-submarine warfare plus airborne early warning aircraft from the post-Second World War era, developed for the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm by the Fairey Aviation Company. It was a mid-wing monoplane with a tricycle undercarriage and had a crew of three, and double turboprop engine driving two contra-rotating propellers.
