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    Airframe Family: Svenska Aeroplan AB (SAAB) 35 Draken
    Latest Model:J35F-2 Draken
    Last Military Serial:Fv35543 SweAF
    Construction Number:35-0543
    Last Civil Registration:N543J
    Compressed ID:Svenska Aeroplan AB (SAAB) J35F-2 s...
    Latest Owner or Location:Chino Airport, Chino, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a J35F-2.

    11 November 1968

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Flygvapnet with s/n Fv35543.

    June 1986

    To Mach Two Flight Services, Mojave, CA with new c/r N543J.

    1990

    Was in the movie Fire Birds.

    14 January 1991

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX543J (J35F-2, 35543) issued.

    6 April 1994

    To James R. Merizan, Yorba Linda, CA keeping c/r N543J.

    Based at Flight Materials Company, McClellan AFB (formerly), Sacramento, CA.
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    17 September 1999


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Oshkosh, WI.

    1 January 2014

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX543J (J35F-2, 35543) issued.

    From By 2016 to After 2020

    To Chino Airport, Chino, CA.
    Noted at Chino on jacks with wings removed.
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    21 March 2017

    Civil registration, N543J, cancelled.
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    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
    Internet Sources
     Air History.org
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    U.S. Demobbed by Horrex, Ray, Boulanger, Dunn, McGhee and Wood
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
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