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    Airframe Family: North American P-86/F-86 Sabre / FJ-2/FJ-3/FJ-4 Fury
    Latest Model:Sabre 5
    Last Military Serial:23367 RCAF
    Construction Number:1157
    Last Civil Registration:N86FS
    Compressed ID:Canadair Sabre 5 sn 23367 RCAF cn 1...
    Latest Owner or Location:Flying Fossiles Llc, Hickory, NC

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Sabre 5 by Canadair at Montreal, QC.

    5 November 1954

    First flight.

    26 November 1954

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n 23367.

    1956

    Transferred to #1 (F) OTU, RCAF Chatham, NB.

    To OTU.

    To STU.

    Transferred to ADMU Mountain View.

    9 September 1970

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the Royal Canadian Air Force.

    To Crown Assets Disposal Corporation (CADC).

    To Targetair Ltd/Maritime Aircraft Repair and Overhaul, Moncton, NB.

    By 1975

    To Lockheed California Co., Palmdale, CA with new c/r N8549.
    Registration reserved by Lockheed.

    From September 1976 to By 1977

    To Flight Systems Inc, Mojave, CA with new c/r N92402.

    Repair started.
    Prior to shipment, the fuselage of 23367 was removed from storage and refurbished at Moncton.

    Moved from Moncton to Mojave, CA.

    Restoration completed.
    Rebuild completed at Mojave using spare parts.

    From September 1977 to By 1984

    To Flight Systems Inc, Mojave, CA with new c/r N86FS (F-86 MK.5, 1157).

    October 1978


    Photographer: Roger Gresham
    Notes: taken on apron at Mohave Airport

    1984


    Photographer: Mike Powney
    Notes: 1984 photo at Mojave

    From December 1991 to By 1999

    To Tracor Flight Systems, Mojave, CA keeping c/r N86FS.

    From By 1999 to By 2000

    To Marconi Flight Systems Inc, Mojave, CA keeping c/r N86FS.

    April 1999


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Mojave Airport, CA

    By 2001

    To BAe Flight Systems Inc, Mojave, CA keeping c/r N86FS.

    From 28 September 2001 to By 2002

    To Pacific Coast Engine and Parts Inc, San Fernanado, CA keeping c/r N86FS.

    From October 2003 to By 2006

    Based at Flying Fossils Llc/Wyatt Fuller, Hickory Regional Airport, Hickory, NC.
    View the Location Dossier

    From By 2003 to By 2004

    Restored.
    Restored at Mojave, CA.

    29 December 2003

    To Flying Fossiles Llc, Hickory, NC keeping c/r N86FS.

    29 June 2004

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX86FS (F-86 MK.5, 1157) issued.

    Ferry flight.
    Delivered from Mojave, CA, to Hickory, NC.


    Photographer: Unknown

    Markings Applied: FU-222, 25222

    25 July 2005


    Photographer: Hugh Dodson
    Notes: At Oshkosh

    5 September 2005


    Photographer: Albert Sparks
    Notes: Smith-Reynolds Airport, Winston-Salem, NC. Annual Air Show.

    5 September 2005


    Photographer: Albert Sparks
    Notes: Smith-Reynolds Airport, Winston-Salem, NC. Annual Air Show.

    5 September 2005


    Photographer: Albert Sparks
    Notes: Smith-Reynolds Airport, Winston-Salem, NC. Annual Air Show.

    11 March 2006


    Photographer: James Eubanks
    Notes: Tico Warbird Airshow, Space Coast Regional Airport, Titusville FL

    11 March 2006


    Photographer: James Eubanks
    Notes: Tico Warbird Airshow, Space Coast Regional Airport, Titusville FL

    8 April 2006

    Involved in an incident.
    Suffered minor damage on landing at Maxwell-Gunter AFB, OK, when the starboard gear seized.

    24 July 2006

    Crashed.
    There was one fatality. The accident occurred at the Hickory Regional Airport (KHKY) Hickory, NC, United States while taking off. The airframe was destroyed. Witnesses observed the F86 airplane on takeoff. A decrease in engine power was heard after the airplane crossed an intersecting runway and a few puffs of smoke were observed in the vicinity of the main landing gear...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    13 March 2007

    Civil registration, N86FS, cancelled.


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    Credits
    Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...

    Print Sources
    Canadian Military Aircraft - Aircraft of the Canadian Armed Forces by Griffin, Smith and Castle
    Canadian Military Aircraft - Serials and Photographs by J. A. Griffin
    The Canadair Sabre by Larry Milberry
    Warbirds Directory, 5th Edition by Geoff Goodall

    Internet Sources
    Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    National Transportation Safety Board

    Individual Contributors
    Don Christopher

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