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    Airframe Family: Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa
    Latest Model:Ki-43-IIIa Hayabusa
    Last Civil Registration:N43JE
    Compressed ID:Nakajima Ki-43-IIIa cr N43JE
    Latest Owner or Location:Nakajima N43JE Llc, Beaverton, OR

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    Dates

    Event

    2004

    Constructed as a Ki-43-IIIa.

    24 June 2004

    To Texas Airplane Factory Inc, Fort Worth, TX with new c/r N43JE.

    27 January 2005

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX43JE (NAKAJIMA KI-43 IIIA, HAYABUSA 1) issued.

    25 August 2005

    To Jack A. Erickson, Beaverton, OR with new c/r N43JE.

    Based at Tillamook Air Museum, Tillamook Airport (OTK), Tillamook, OR.
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    11 June 2008

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX43JE (NAKAJIMA KI-43 IIIA, HAYABUSA 1) issued.

    24 June 2012


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 2012 photo at Tillamook Air Museum

    To Erickson Aircraft Collection, Madras City-County Airport, Madras, OR.
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    21 April 2016

    To Nakajima N43JE Llc, Beaverton, OR keeping c/r N43JE.

    24 May 2024


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: In Madras, OR.
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