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    Airframe Family: North American P-86/F-86 Sabre / FJ-2/FJ-3/FJ-4 Fury
    Latest Model:Sabre 6
    Last Military Serial:23424 RCAF
    Construction Number:1214
    Last Civil Registration:N186X
    Compressed ID:Canadair Sabre 6 sn 23424 RCAF cn 1...
    Latest Owner or Location:Flight Test Research Inc, Long Beach, CA

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    Dates

    Event

    1955

    Constructed as a Sabre 6 by Canadair at Montreal, QC.

    From 14 January 1955 to 13 August 1965

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n 23424.

    Transferred to 414 Squadron, Germany.
    Operated with markings: AQ 424

    September 1956


    Photographer: F/O Robert Mortimer

    December 1960

    This aircraft returned to Canada.

    December 1960


    Photographer: Department of Nation Defense (Canada)
    Notes: 23424 and 23470 arriving in Trenton to join the Golden Hawks.

    From 1961 to 1963

    Transferred to Golden Hawks Aerobatic Team.

    13 August 1965

    To Air Museum of Canada/Milt Harradance, Calgary, AB.

    1966

    To Flight Test Research Inc, Long Beach, CA with new c/r N186X.


    Photographer: Charles M. Daniels Collection
    Notes: At Long Beach, California

    10 October 1967

    To Flight Test Research Inc, Long Beach, CA with new c/r N186X.

    19 June 1968

    Destroyed in a crash.
    Crashed after engine failure, Cantil, CA.

    29 June 1970

    Civil registration, N186X, cancelled.
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