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    This page documents a history of a specific aircraft. The details provided vary from aircraft to aircraft and are dependent on the research and amount of data uploaded to the Aerial Visuals database.

    Airframe Family: Hawker Hunter
    Latest Model:Hunter F.58
    Last Military Serial:J-4060 SwiAF
    Construction Number:41H-697427
    Last Civil Registration:N339AX {2}
    Latest Owner or Location:Hunter Aviation International Inc, Newark, DE

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    Dates

    Event

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

    10 July 1959

    First flight.
    Flown at Dunsfold.

    24 August 1959

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Swiss Air Force with s/n J-4060.

    By August 1989

    Transferred to Flieger Staffel 21, Turlmann.
    Operated with markings: 60

    25 August 1989


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at Dubendorf Air Show

    September 1992


    Photographer: Jacqueline Fischer
    Notes: Emmen AFB, Switzerland

    1995

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the Swiss Air Force.

    By January 1995

    To Bill Russell with new c/r N58WJ (HUNTER MK 58A, XE 48).

    To unknown owner with c/r N58WJ.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Oklahoma.

    July 1995

    To Worldwide Jet Aviation Museum/Ray Dieckman, Chino, CA.

    12 July 1995

    Ferry flight.
    Delivered to Southend from Emmen AB, Switzerland.

    From 23 August 1995 to 1996

    To IMP Inc, Paoli, PA keeping c/r N58WJ.

    27 October 1995

    Ferry flight.
    Delivered to Hurn.

    3 November 1995

    Ferry flight.
    Left Hurn on a delivery flight to the USA.

    From 14 May 1996 to 2001

    To Russair Inc/Bill Russell and Kay Eckardt, Mojave, CA keeping c/r N58WJ.

    By 8 December 2000


    Photographer: Unknown

    2002

    To unknown owner with c/r N58WJ.
    Registraion pending to a new owner in Tulsa OK.

    Markings Applied: J-4060
    Based at Mojave, CA, still flying in Swiss AF markings.

    By July 2003

    To Equipe de Voltige Northern Lights Inc Northern Lights Aerobatic Team Inc, Montreal, QC.

    1 August 2003

    Civil registration, N58WJ, cancelled.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Oklahoma. Actually exported to Canada.

    6 August 2003

    To Equipe de Voltige Northern Lights Inc/northern Lights Aerobatic Team Inc, Montreal, QC with new c/r C-GZIB {2}.

    Circa 11 March 2004

    Certificate of airworthiness for C-GZIB {2} (Hawker Hunter MK 58, 41H697427) issued.

    16 September 2006

    Assigned civil registration: C-GZIB {2}
    Ferried to Longvic via Exeter, UK, for military target contracts., at Yeovilton 3.07.

    18 August 2011

    Civil registration, C-GZIB {2}, cancelled.

    18 August 2011

    Civil registration, C-GZIB {2}, cancelled.

    19 July 2013

    Damaged.
    Possible tail strike damage.

    Circa 28 December 2015

    Certificate of airworthiness for N339AX {2} (HAWKER HUNTER MK 58A, 41H697427) issued.

    Placed in storage at Dijon-Darios, France.

    28 December 2015

    To Hunter Aviation International Inc, Newark, DE with new c/r N339AX {2}.

    Based at Airborne Tactical Advantage Company, Hampton/Newport News/Poquoson, Newport News, VA.
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    1 June 2016

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX339AX {2} (HAWKER HUNTER MK 58A, 41H697427) issued.

    10 April 2018

    To TVPX Aircraft Solutions Inc Trustee, North Salt Lake, UT keeping c/r N339AX {2}.

    28 June 2021

    To Hunter Aviation International Inc, Newark, DE keeping c/r N339AX {2}.


    Photographer: Unknown


    Credits
    Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...

    Print Sources
    European Air Forces Directory (Mach III Publishing) by Ian Carroll

    Internet Sources
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Transport Canada
    U.S. Demobbed by Horrex, Ray, Boulanger, Dunn, McGhee and Wood
    Warbirds Directory, 6th Edition (2013) by Geoff Goodall

    Individual Contributors
    Jacqueline Fischer
    Robert Nichols

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