The Folland Gnat was a single-seat jet fighter and training aircraft that served with the British, Finnish, Indian and Yugoslav air forces. The HAL Ajeet, or Gnat 2, is also included.

Surviving aircraft Australia Stored or under restoration Gnat T1 VH-XSO painted as XS101 at Melbourne, Victoria

Bangladesh Stored or under restoration HAL Ajeet at Bangladesh Air Force Museum, DhakaOgden 2008, p.57 On display Gnat F1 at Liberation War Museum, Dhaka

Finland

stored or under restoration Gnat F1 GN-101 at Finnish Airforce Museum near Jyväskylä Airport Gnat F1 GN-103 gateguard at Karelian Aviation Museum at Lappeenranta Airport Gnat F1 GN-104 gateguard at Finnish Airforce Museum near Jyväskylä Airport Gnat F1 GN-105 stored dismantled at the Finnish Aviation Museum near Vantaa Airport, HelsinkiMacConnacher, p. 79 Gnat F1 GN-106 at Karelian Aviation Museum at Lappeenranta Airport Gnat F1 GN-107 at Karhula Aviation Museum at Kymi airfield near Kotka Gnat F1 GN-110 on pole at the air defence memorial near gate to Jaeger Brigade Air Defence Battalion at Rovaniemi airfield. Gnat FR1 GN-112 at Päijät-Häme Aviation Museum at Vesivehmaa airfield, north of Lahti Gnat FR1 GN-113 stored disassembled at Helsinki-Malmi Airfield

India

Airworthy (2008) Gnat F1 E265 Indian Air Force Historic Flight, Palam, DelhiOgden 2008, p.96

On display Gnat F1 IE1059 at Indian Air Force Museum, Palam, DelhiOgden 2008, p.97 Gnat F1 IE1205 at Indian Air Force Headquarters Display, DelhiOgden 2008, p.96 Gnat F1 IE1246 at Indian Air Force Headquarters Display, Delhi Gnat F1 at Kerala State Science and Technology Museum, ThiruvananthapuramOgden 2008, p.100 Gnat F1 IE1062 at Martyr's Memorial, DharamshalaOgden 2008, p.102 Gnat F1 at Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon Memorial, LudhianaOgden 2008, p.105 Gnat F1 E254 at Pragathi Maidan Defence Exhibition, New DelhiOgden 2008, p.108 Gnat F1 E325 at Diamond Garden, Chembur, Mumbai HAL Ajeet E1975 at Indian Air Force Headquarters Display, Delhi HAL Ajeet E1083 at Hindustan Aerospace War Memorial, BangaloreOgden 2008, p.94 HAL Ajeet IE1975 at Indian Air Force Museum, Palam, Delhi HAL Ajeet E2016 at Indian Air Force Museum, Palam, Delhi HAL Ajeet at Kangla FortOgden 2008, p.99 HAL Ajeet GNAT E311 at The Lawrence School, Sanawar HAL Ajeet E1964 at 4 AFSB, Varanasi.

Stored or under restoration Gnat F1 at Air Force Bhararti School DisplayOgden 2008, p.82 Gnat F1 at Ambala Air Force Station War MemorialOgden 2008, p.83 Gnat F1 at Bagdogra Air Force Station MuseumOgden 2008, p.84 Gnat F1 at Bareilly Air Force Station MuseumOgden 2008, p.84 Gnat F1 Central Air Command Headquarters Museum, AllahabadOgden 2008, p.87 Gnat F1 at Chandigarh Air Force Station MuseumOgden 2008, p.88 Gnat F1 at Defence Services Staff College Display Museum, Wellington, Tamil NaduOgden 2008, p.89 Gnat F1 Painted as DJ1992 at Diamond Jubilee Museum, MidnapurOgden 2008, p.90 Gnat F1 E232 at Diamond Jubilee Museum, Midnapur Gnat F1 E1046 at Hasimara Air Force Station MuseumOgden 2008, p.93 Gnat F1 E1205 at Indian Air Force Historic Flight, Palam, Delhi Gnat F1 E1246 at Indian Air Force Historic Flight, Palam, Delhi Gnat F1 at Indian Air Force Technical College Collection, BangaloreOgden 2008, p.98 Gnat F1 E323 at Indian Air Force Technical College Collection, Bangalore Gnat F1 at Lawrence School Memorial, LovedaleOgden 2008, p.100 Gnat F1 E261 at Maintenance Command Headquarters Display, NagpurOgden 2008, p.102 Gnat F1 E1059 at Mayo College Memorial, AjmerOgden 2008, p.102 Gnat F1 E247 at National Defence Academy, PuneOgden 2008, p.104 Gnat F1 at No.9 Airmen Selection Centre Memorial, BhubaneshwarOgden 2008, p.107 Gnat F1 at Southern Air Command Headquarters Museum. TrivandrumOgden 2008, p.111 Gnat F1 IE1078 at Tambaram Air Force Station MuseumOgden 2008, p.112 HAL Ajeet E1048 at Defence Services Staff College Display Museum, Wellington, Tamil Nadu HAL Ajeet E1956at Diamond Jubilee Museum, Midnapur HAL Ajeet IE1241 at Doon School Memorial,Ogden 2008, p.90 HAL Ajeet at Eastern Air Command Headquarters Museum, ShillongOgden 2008, p.90 HAL Ajeet at Military College of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, HyderabadOgden 2008, p.103 HA Ajeet painted as E1972 at St Mary's School Memorial, PuneOgden 2008, p.112

Gnat f1 at la martiniere college, lucknow Gnat F1 at Jawahar bal bhavan in Trissivaperoor Kerala

New Zealand Under restoration Gnat T1 XR987, now registered as ZK-RAJ. XR987 was one of the original YellowJacks aircraft and one of the founding aircraft of the Red Arrows of the Royal Air Force. Now at Tauranga Airport, New Zealand

Pakistan

Gnat F1 IE1083 at Pakistan Air Force Museum, KarachiOgden 2008, p.221

Serbia

On display Gnat F1 11601 at the Belgrade Aviation MuseumOgden 2009, p.505

United Kingdom

Airworthy Gnat T1 G-FRCE (XS104) at North Weald AerodromeEllis 2016, p. 59 Gnat T1 G-NATY painted as XR537 of the Royal Air Force at the Heritage Aircraft Trust, North Weald Aerodrome, Essex Gnat T1 G-RORI painted as XR538 of the Royal Air Force at North Weald Aerodrome Gnat T1 G-MOUR painted as XR991 of the Royal Air Force at North Weald Aerodrome The North Weald-based Gnats moved to St Athan in 2024/5 (operating as the Heritage Aircraft Trust/Gnat Display Team ) https://cardiffstathan.blogspot.com/p/heritage-aircraft-ltd.html

On display

Gnat F1 XK724 at the Royal Air Force Museum MidlandsEllis 2016, p. 194 Gnat F1 XK740 at the Solent Sky Museum, Southampton, Hampshire Gnat F1 XK741 painted as GN-101 of the Finnish Air Force at the Midland Air Museum, Coventry Gnat T1 XM693 at the former Hamble Aerodrome, HampshireEllis 2016, p. 74 Gnat T1 XM697 at Reynard Garden Centre, Carluke, South LanarkshireEllis 2016, p. 308 Gnat T1 XP502 painted as XR540 at Cotswold AirportEllis 2016, p. 66 Gnat T1 XP516 at Farnborough Air Sciences Trust, Farnborough, HampshireEllis 2016, p. 71 Gnat T1 XP534 painted as XR993 at Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome, LeicestershireEllis 2016, p. 134 Gnat T1 XP542 at Air Cadets at Southampton, Hampshire.Ellis 2016, p. 80 Gnat T1 XR534 at Newark Air MuseumEllis 2016, p. 186 Gnat T1 XR571 at Tangmere Military Aviation Museum, West Sussex Gnat T1 XR574 at Trenchard Museum, RAF Halton, Halton, BuckinghamshireEllis 2016, p. 17 Gnat T1 XR977 at Royal Air Force Museum MidlandsEllis 2016, p. 193 Gnat T1 XS104 at North Weald Airfield

Stored or under restoration Gnat F1 G-SLYR marked as E296 Indian Air Force Gnat T1 XM708 at Blue Bird Project, Lytham St Anne's, LancashireEllis 2016, p. 96 Gnat T1 XP505 at Science Museum, Wroughton Aerodrome, WiltshireEllis 2016, p. 286 Gnat T1 XP540 at Bruntingthorpe Airfield Gnat T1 XR541 at Bournemouth Aviation Museum, Dorset

United States

Airworthy Gnat T1 N1CL of the Vietnam War Flight Museum at William P. Hobby Airport, Texas Gnat T1 N19GT at Chino, California Gnat T1 N316RF at San Diego, California Gnat T1 N4347N at Fort Lauderdale, Florida Gnat T1 N4367L at Austin, Texas Gnat T1 N513X at Erie Municipal Airport, Colorado Gnat T1 N533XP at Westchester County Airport, Connecticut Gnat T1 N572XR painted as XR572 of the Royal Air Force at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport, Broomfield, Colorado Gnat T1 N7CV at California City, California (cancelled as exported to New Zealand 7 August 2019) Gnat T1 N7HY at Chino, California Gnat T1 N8130N at Tallahassee Regional Airport, Florida Gnat T1 N8130Q at Front Range Airport, Colorado Gnat T1 N936FC at East Islip, New York

On display Gnat T1 XM694 at Pima Air Museum, Tucson, Arizona Gnat F1 former Indian Air Force E-1076 at March Field Air Museum, Riverside, California.

Stored or under restoration Gnat T1 N107XS at Greenwich, Connecticut Gnat T1 N109XS at Front Range Airport, South Carolina Gnat T1 N117SH at Lawrenceville, Georgia Gnat T1 N6145X at Livermore, California Gnat T1 N698XM painted as Royal Air Force XM698 at St Cloud, Florida Gnat T1 N705XM at St Cloud, Florida Gnat T1 N81298 at Front Range Airport, South Carolina Gnat T1 N998XR at Front Range Airport, South Carolina

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