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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:23147 RCAF
    Construction Number:0937
    Last Civil Registration:N72491
    Compressed ID:Canadair Sabre 5 sn 23147 RCAF cn 0...
    Latest Owner or Location:Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

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

    23 February 1954

    First flight.

    17 March 1954

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n 23147.

    Transferred to 416 Squadron.

    Circa 1972

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

    Transported by ground.
    Moved to Moncton-McEwen Field.

    Stored dismantled at Moncton-McEwen Field.

    From December 1977 to By 1979

    To Flight Systems Inc, Mojave, CA with new c/r N72491.

    To unknown owner.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Huntsville, Alabama.

    23 May 1979

    Civil registration, N72491, cancelled.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Huntsville, AL.

    2 June 1979

    To unknown owner with c/r N72491.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Huntsville, AL.

    16 October 1979

    Damaged.
    Damaged at White Sands Missile Range, NM.

    To Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, AZ.
    View the Location Dossier

    9 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    9 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    23 April 2017


    Photographer: Marcin Rogowski
    Notes: At the Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ, USA.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     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
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