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North American F86 Saber Jet
Courtesy Boeing Museum of Flight.
Edited by David Barth November 2014. Photos are by David Barth.
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| North American F86 Saber Jet. |
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| North American F86 Saber Jet. |
Canada: Coast-to-Coast
In 1956, two Canadian Sabre pilots set out to break the cross-Canada speed record held by a Canadian Royal Navy T-33.
R.J. "Chick" Childerhose and Ralph Annis refueled halfway, in Gimli, Manitoba. The 1,400 mile (2,200 km) second leg from Gimli to Halifax stretched the Sabre's range to the limit. 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.
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| North American F86 Saber Jet. |