Jet Provost T.4 XR701 at Rufforth airfield.
On 26th May 1967 Jet Provost XR701, of No.1 Flying Training School and based at Linton on Ouse, was badly damaged in wheels up landing at Rufforth airfield.
Pilot - Name unknown.
Jet Provost XR701 was built to contract KC/E/057 by BAC Ltd. at Luton and was awaiting collection on 27th August 1963. Two days later it was taken on charge by No.1 Flying Training School at Linton on Ouse.
On 26th May 1967 it crash landed at Rufforth which saw an initial Cat.3R damage assessment. A short time later on 14th June 1967 this damage was upgraded to Re.Cat.4R and it was eventually taken to BAC Ltd.
at Warton for a repair in works. On 8th August 1968 it went to 27 MU at Shawbury and on 14th February 1972 it was taken on charge by C.A.W. at Manby. In March 1974 it was transferred to No.3 Flying Training
School at Leeming. On 27th October 1976 it was transferred to St.Athan airfield. On 29th May 1981 it was transferred to A&AEE at Boscombe Down. On 25th May 1984 it went back to BAC Ltd. at Warton for radio
trials. On 12th October 1984 it was transferred to Central Air Traffic Control School at Shawbury. In July 1989 it went to 27 MU at Shawbury and on 15th February 1990 it was converted to Ground Instructional
Airframe 9025M. It then went to No.1 School of Technical Training on 21st February 1991. In early 1993 it was sold off to the civilian market and at some stage converted back to flying condition, it was
initially sold to Harry Pound at Portsmouth, then to R.J.Everett at Ipswich. Later it was sold to a buyer in the USA and was initially registered as N8272W, then later re-registered as N204JP. As of 2020 it was
still airworthy.