Hawker Hunter F58A, J-4026 / 41H/697392, Swiss Air Force
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Registration: J-4026
Construction Number: 41H/697392
Code Number: 26
Military Unit: Patrouille Suisse
Model Hawker Hunter F58A
Operator: Swiss Air Force
Airport: Boscombe Down (EGD / EGDM), UK - England
Airshow: Boscombe Down - Air Tournament International - 1992
Photographer: Martin Laycock
Date Taken: 13/06/1992
Date Submitted: 30/03/2010
Photographed during their display during Air Tournament International 92 at Boscombe. This Patrouille Suisse Hunter was built by Hawker Aircraft Limited at Kingston-upon-Thames and flew for the first time at Dunsfold on the 4th March 1959 with Duncan Simpson at the controls. She was delivered to Emmen on the 3rd April 1959. She was retired on the 28th November 1994 after logging 2,550 flying hours and 1,195 landings. She was then ferried from Emmen to Basel on the 30th May 1995 where she is now stored in a private museum hangar at the EuroAirport at Basel-Freiburg-Mulhouse.
Picture ID:1224032