Ron Wheeldon owns not one, but two, Hunters a single seat J-4059 and the subject of this review, his his two seater, ZU-HUN, an ex-Swiss Air Force T.68, number J-4202.
J-4202 was originally built as an F.4 for the RAF and served with 3 and 111 Squadrons plus 229 OCU before being placed into storage and sold back to Hawker-Siddeley. They converted it to a T.68 and sold it to the Swiss Air Force who took delivery in 1975, flying her until retirement in 1994.
The aircraft was registered as ZU-HUN and was based at Thunder City for some time. While based at Thunder City, the airframe was given an overall yellow scheme, promoting ‘Yello Summer’.
Today, ZU-HUN is back wearing its Swiss Air Force colours, although she no longer carries her old serial, J-4202. In a feat of great cost and perseverance, Ron flew ZU-HUN for as number of South African airshows in 2024, most notably AERO Wonderboom and AAD 2024.
