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 Canadair CL-13B Sabre Mk. 6 - Seattle, WA
N 47° 31.056 W 122° 17.775
10T E 552983 N 5262925
One of many static aircraft displays located at the Museum of Flight at King County International Airport. Admission fees apply.
Waymark Code: WMVGF6
Location: Washington, United States
Date Posted: 04/16/2017
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Located at the Museum of Flight are a large number of static aircraft on display. One of them is a Canadair CL-13B Sabre Mk. 6. The Museum of Flight website contains a page devoted to this aircraft and it reads:
Jet Fighter
The F-86 Sabre, built by North American, is best known for its outstanding combat performance during the Korean War. First flown in 1947, the Sabre was the United States' first fighter to fly supersonic -- in a dive. Starting in December of 1950, the Russian-made MiG-15 and the F-86 met in combat over Korea. With superior training, experience, and aircraft performance, Sabre pilots posted a ten-to-one victory ratio over the similar MiG-15. The last U.S. Sabre was retired from the Air National Guard in 1965.
F-86s were built under license in Japan, Italy, Canada, and Australia. The Museum's example, called a CL-13B, is one of 1,815 Sabres built by Canadair. It flew with the Royal Canadian Air Force until 1974, and served The Boeing Company as a chase plane for their flight test division until donated in 1991.
Canada: Coast-to-Coast
In 1956, Canadian Sabre pilots set out to break the cross-Canada speed record held by a Royal Canadian Navy T-33. R.J. "Chick" Childerhose and Ralph Annis refueled halfway, in Gimli, Manitoba. The 1,400-mile (2,240 km) second leg from Gimli to Halifax stretched the Sabre's range to the limit. While test-flying that leg, Annis landed in Halifax with eight gallons of fuel. Childerhose had five. Yet the official cross-Canada dash went off without a hitch. The Sabres, flying on fumes, arrived in Halifax five hours after takeoff from Vancouver, shattering the old record by an hour and twenty minutes.
A nearby placard adds additional info on this Sabre and reads:
Swept-wing Sabre
The F-86 began development during World War II as a straight-wing Navy plane calle the FJ-1 Fury. As the war neared an end, captured German research revealed the secrets of swept wing airplane designs. Planes like the Messerschmitt Me 262 had wings swept aft instead of straight out,
which allowed higher speeds and delayed compressibility--a phenomenon that caused buffeting and loss of control. North American made the changes to the wing of the Air Force example of the Fury,
called the XP-86 (later the F-86). The Navy, unsure of the effects of swept wings on carrier planes, shoes to stay with straight wings for the Fury.
Type of Aircraft: (make/model): Canadair CL-13B Sabre Mk. 6
Tail Number: (S/N): 23363
Construction:: original aircraft
Location (park, airport, museum, etc.): Museum of Flight
inside / outside: inside
Other Information:: Not listed
Access restrictions: Not listed
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Visit Instructions:
Photo of aircraft (required - will be interesting to see if the aircraft is ever repainted or progress if being restored)
Photo of serial number (required unless there is not one or it is a replica)
Photo(s) of any artwork on the aircraft (optional but interesting)
Tell why you are visiting this waymark along with any other interesting facts or personal experiences about the aircraft not already mentioned.
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