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    Airframe Family: Hawker Hunter
    Latest Model:Hunter F.58
    Last Military Serial:J-4035 SwiAF
    Construction Number:41H-697402/XE-23
    Last Civil Registration:N159AM
    Compressed ID:Hawker Hunter F.58 sn J-4035 SwiAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Hunter F.58 by Hawker at Kingston-upon-Thames.

    25 March 1959

    First flight.
    Flown at Dunsfold by Duncan Simpson.

    24 April 1959

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Swiss Air Force with s/n J-4035.
    Delivered to Dubendorf on this date.

    15 May 1959

    Transferred to 5 Squadron.

    Transferred to Payerne AFB.

    By August 1989

    Markings Applied: 35, J-4035

    25 August 1989


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at Dubendorf Air Show

    16 December 1994

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the Swiss Air Force.
    Taken out of service.

    12 July 1995

    Ferry flight.
    Moved from Emmen to Southend, UK.

    12 October 1995

    To Air Museum, Chino, CA with new c/r N159AM.

    1 November 1995

    Ferry flight.
    Delivered from Southend, UK, to Hurn.

    18 June 1996

    Delivered to the USA via Prestwick and Keflavik.

    Operated by Planes of Fame Air Museum, Chino Airport, Chino, CA.
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    By 1998

    To Grand Canyon National Park Airport, Grand Canyon National Park Airport, Grand Canyon, AZ.
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    Operated as Swiss AF J-4035, then displayed in the open in original Swiss AF camouflage.

    2 May 2002


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: J-4035 at the Grand Canyon Airport, AZ

    By 2008

    To Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, AZ.
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    By 9 September 2011

    Markings Applied: 35, J-4035

    9 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    8 November 2013

    Civil registration, N159AM, cancelled.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Warbirds Directory, 5th Edition by Geoff Goodall
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Scramble of the Dutch Aviation Society
    Swiss Hunters
    Thunder and Lightnings
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
    Robert Nichols
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