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    Airframe Family: North American P-86/F-86 Sabre / FJ-2/FJ-3/FJ-4 Fury
    Latest Model:P-86A-1-NA Sabre
    Last Military Serial:47-0606 USAF
    Construction Number:151-38433
    Last Civil Registration:N57965
    Compressed ID:NA P-86A-1-NA sn 47-0606 USAF cn 15...
    Latest Owner or Location:The Hangar Flight Museum, Calgary International Airport, Calgary, Alberta

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a P-86A-1-NA by North American at Inglewood, California, USA.

    1947

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 47-0606.

    To unknown owner with c/r N57965.

    To Aero Space Museum of Calgary, Calgary International Airport, Calgary, AB.
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    18 January 2011

    Civil registration, N57965, cancelled.

    Assigned as a chase plane at Edwards Air Force Base in California. It flew as a chase plane for various high-speed rocket-propelled aircraft such as the Bell X-1 and the Douglas D-558-II Skyrocket. Test pilot legends Chuck Yeager and Pete Everest are known to have flown this very aircraft.

    Restored.
    Markings Applied: RCAF 175, 23175
    The aircraft was restored using parts from Canadian-built Sabres and is finished in the factory fresh at home markings used on RCAF Sabres in Canada. The number 23175 was chosen because 23 was the prefix serial number on all Mk. V and VI RCAF Sabres; the 1 recognizes #1 Air Division of the RCAF which was the European organization of the RCAF and 75 honors the 75th Anniversary of the RCAF in 1999 when the restoration was completed.

    18 June 2012


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 2012 photo at Aero Space Museum at Calgary

    18 June 2012


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 2012 photo at Aero Space Museum at Calgary

    To The Hangar Flight Museum, Calgary International Airport, Calgary, AB.
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     Terry Fletcher
    Mike Henniger
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