Aircraft Photo of N86FS | Canadair CL-13A Sabre 5 | Flight Systems Inc. | AirHistory.net #783172
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:N86FS
Aircraft Original Type:North American F-86 Sabre
Aircraft Generic Type:Canadair CL-13 Sabre
Aircraft Version:Canadair CL-13A Sabre 5
C/n (msn):1157
Operator Titles:Flight Systems Inc.
Location
City / Airport:Edwards - AFBMap
Region / Country:California, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: KEDW   IATA: EDW   Local: EDW   Other: -
Event:Edwards AFB Open House 1986
 
Photo Date:9 November 1986
Photo by:Paul Seymour
Photo ID: 783172
Photo Comment

Repainted into a white colour scheme since my 1984 photo of it. Built for the RCAF as 23367 in 1954. Stored at Mountain View in 1964. Sold and moved to Moncton, NB in 1970. To Flight Systems as N92402 in 1976 and trucked to Mojave, CA. Reregistered as N86FS in 1977. Used as a target tug. Sold in 2003 and converted to a warbird marked as 25222. Destroyed in a fatal crash on takeoff at Hickory, NC in 2006.

This photo is copyright © Paul Seymour, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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