VWoC selling the Sabre?

vernicator · **Joined:** Fri Apr 14, 2006 11:42 am **Posts:** 350

Just saw that the Vintage Wings of Canada Sabre is listed on Courtesy's site:

http://courtesyaircraft.com/aircraft/c-gsbr-canadair-f-86-sabre-mk-v/

wendovertom · **Posted:** Thu Mar 23, 2017 5:03 pm

Man that is a pretty Sabre but I can't help but feel that it belongs in Canada as opposed to anywhere else.

Tom P.

Dave Hadfield · **Joined:** Sun Sep 17, 2006 10:31 pm **Posts:** 1655

That's me BTW. I was put in charge of the sales effort.

I contacted every operator in Canada I thought might support it.

No takers.

Dave

jwc50 · **Posted:** Fri Mar 24, 2017 10:41 am

Sorry to hear that. I hope it eventually finds a good home and becomes a flyer at air shows again. Would be nice to see it stay in the Golden Hawks paint scheme too.

Nathan · **Posted:** Fri Mar 24, 2017 11:08 am

sorry to hear the bad news. that stinks. Hope it stays in Canada

mdwflyer · **Posted:** Fri Mar 24, 2017 11:36 am

Try FHC, they like provenance and it has some.

OD/NG · **Joined:** Fri Dec 16, 2016 1:36 pm **Posts:** 717

mdwflyer wrote:

Try FHC, they like provenance and it has some.

I'm not even Canadian or live there, but I also hope it stays in Canada in the current paint scheme. IMO, that's just where that jet belongs!

BTW, FHC already has an F-86. They are doing a flyable restoration on an early F-86A model which is supposed to be about done now. I'm not positive, but I heard it might be the oldest F-86 in existence.

So, unfortunately, I doubt FHC would go for two flyable F-86's in their collection.

Triplane102 · **Joined:** Wed Oct 15, 2014 12:55 pm **Posts:** 491

mdwflyer wrote:

Try FHC, they like provenance and it has some.

are they now FHCAM ? , just wondering, a friend told me they that they may have changed the name ?

quemerford · **Joined:** Tue Jun 17, 2014 4:19 pm **Posts:** 1387

OD/NG wrote:

mdwflyer wrote:

Try FHC, they like provenance and it has some.

I'm not even Canadian or live there, but I also hope it stays in Canada in the current paint scheme. IMO, that's just where that jet belongs!

BTW, FHC already has an F-86. They are doing a flyable restoration on an early F-86A model which is supposed to be about done now. I'm not positive, but I heard it might be the oldest F-86 in existence.

So, unfortunately, I doubt FHC would go for two flyable F-86's in their collection.

Certainly not the oldest, but one of few with genuine Korean War history.

Fouga23 · **Posted:** Fri Mar 24, 2017 5:40 pm

I also hope it stays in Canada. That Sabre belongs there. Was it too expensive to operate?

Dave Hadfield · **Joined:** Sun Sep 17, 2006 10:31 pm **Posts:** 1655

A Sabre is obviously not a cheap aircraft to operate. That's why the purchase price is lower than a WWII fighter. But a large part of the reason is that the hangar is full. VERY full.

We have 3 restorations going on now (Spit IX, Hurri XII and Fury biplane) and they each take more footprint that simply storing a machine.

Plus, recently Mike Potter bought this...

viewtopic.php?f=16&t=24344&start=705

And it has become very clear that extracting an airplane near the back has become a major operation.

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