Canadair Sabre

[Jacques Reed]

Good Day All,

These photos may be of some interest to show the difference between the US and Australian built F86 Sabre jets.

The photo of the Sabre jet on the ground was taken at the Moorabbin Air Museum in the early 90's.

The photo of the F86 on the pylon was taken at Raymond Terrace NSW also in the early 90's. Since then, in 2013 it has been removed to Williamstown for restoration for display at Fighter World.

Both show the single gun ports in the nacelle for the 30 mm Aden cannon as used in the CAC built aircraft and the more substantial nacelle and intake area to accommodate the RR Avon engine.

My apologies for the poor quality scans from 35mm film photos. I thought I had some more taken at Avalon Air show but cannot put my finger on them just yet.

Cheers,