North American F-86 Sabre PDF eBook & Aircraft Flight Manuals

General Characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Length: 37 ft 1 in (11.4 m)
• Wingspan: 37 ft 0 in (11.3 m)
• Height: 14 ft 1 in (4.5 m)
• Wing area: 313.4 sq ft (29.11 m²)
• Empty weight: 11,125 lb (5,046 kg)
• Loaded weight: 15,198 lb (6,894 kg)
• Max. takeoff weight: 18,152 lb (8,234 kg)
• Powerplant: 1 × General Electric J47-GE-27 turbojet, 5,910 lbf (maximum thrust at 7.950 rpm for five min)with water injection (26.3 kN)
• Fuel provisions Internal fuel load: 437 US gallons (1,650 L)), Drop tanks: 2×200 US gallons (760 L) JP-4 fuel

Performance

• Maximum speed: 687 mph (1,106 km/h) at sea level at 14,212 lb (6,447 kg) combat weight
  also reported 678 mph (1,091 km/h) and 599 at 35,000 feet (11,000 m) at 15,352 pounds (6,960 kg). (597 knots (1,106 km/h) at 6446 m, 1,091 and 964 km/h at 6,960 m.)
• Stall speed: 124 mph (power off) (108 knots (200 km/h))
• Range: 1,525 mi, (2,454 km)
• Service ceiling: 49,600 ft at combat weight (15,100 m)
• Rate of climb: 9,000 ft/min at sea level (45.72 m/s)
• Wing loading: 49.4 lb/ft² (236.7 kg/m²)
• lift-to-drag: 15.1
• Thrust/weight: 0.38

Armament

• Guns: 6 X 0.50 in (12.7 mm) M3 Browning machine guns (1,602 rounds in total)
• Rockets: variety of rocket launchers; e.g: 2 Matra rocket pods with 18 SNEB 68 mm rockets per pod
• Bombs: 5,300 lb (2,400 kg) of payload on four external hardpoints, bombs were usually mounted on outer two pylons as the inner pairs were plumbed for 2 200 US gallons (760 L) drop tankswhich gave the Sabre a more useful range. A wide variety of bombs could be carried (max standard loadout being 2 1,000 lb bombs plus two drop tanks), napalm canisters and could have included a tactical nuclear weapon.

Argentina

F-86F

• C-122 (191-699) – National Aeronautics Museum, Morón, Buenos Aires.

Australia

Airworthy

CA-27 Mk.32

• A94-983 Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) – restored to flying condition (registered VH-PCM) in the 1980s and grounded in the 1990s; loaned to the Temora Aviation Museum, Temora, New South Wales, where it was again restored to airworthy condition; displayed regularly (registered VH-IPN) since September 2009.

• A94-352 – Restored and owned by former squadron leader Jeff Trappett, had its second test flight 05/10/2013, also owns CAC CA-18 Mustang Mk.21 A68-118 VH-AGJ

On display

CA-26

• A94-101 – RAAF Museum, RAAF Base Williams, Point Cook, Victoria; CAC Sabre prototype, first aircraft to fly faster than the speed of sound in Australia.

CA-27 Mk.31

• A94-901 – Historical Aircraft Restoration Society, Illawarra Regional Airport, New South Wales; first production CAC Sabre.
• A94-915 – Narromine Aviation Museum, Narromine Airport, New South Wales.
• A94-935 – Queensland Air Museum, Caloundra, Queensland.

CA-27 Mk.32

• A94-944 – RAAF Museum, RAAF Base Williams, Point Cook, Victoria.
• A94-959 – on a pole at Bettles Park, Raymond Terrace.
• A94-974 – Classic Jets Fighter Museum, Parafield Airport, South Australia.
• A94-982 – RAAF Museum, RAAF Base Wagga, Forest Hill, New South Wales.
• A94-989 – Australian National Aviation Museum, Moorabbin Airport, Victoria.

Stored or under restoration

CA-27 Mk.32

• A94-970 – Australian War Memorial in storage at RAAF Williams, Point Cook, Victoria.Brazil

F-86K

• 0014 – Museu Aeroespacial in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Canada

Airworthy

CL-13 Sabre Mk. V

• Golden Hawks – Vintage Wings of Canada, Gatineau-Ottawa Executive Airport, Quebec

On display

CL-13 Sabre Mk. I

• Alberta Aviation Museum in Edmonton, Alberta.

CL-13 Sabre Mk. V

• Atlantic Canada Aviation Museum, Enfield, Nova Scotia.
• RCAF Memorial Museum, Trenton, Ontario.
• Community Gardens, Trenton, Ont, Golden Hawks colours, on pole, Trenton, Ontario.
• Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Ontario, on pole, Kingston, Ontario.
• Oshawa Airport (gate guard on pole back entrance), Oshawa, Ontario.
• Germain Park, Sarnia, Ont, Golden Hawks colours, on pole,(under restoration)Sarnia, Ontario.
• Blockhouse Island, Brockville, Ont, Golden Hawks colours, on pole, Brockville, Ontario.
• Peterborough Riverview Park & Zoo, on pole, refurbished 2009, Peterborough, Ontario
• Belleville Centennial Park, Ont, Golden Hawks colours, on pole, Belleville, Ontario.

CL-13 Sabre Mk VI

• 1815 – Western Canada Aviation Museum in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Was the final CL-13 airframe built by Canadair.
• 23060 – Army, Navy and Air force Veterans Club #302 – 9831 – 4th Street, Sidney, B.C.
• 23651 Golden Hawks – Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum, John C. Munro International Airport, Hamilton, Ontario
• Western Canada Aviation Museum, Winnipeg.
• Reynolds Alberta Museum, Wetaskiwin, Alberta.

Colombia

On display

• A Canadair CL-13B Mk.6 in the El Dorado Airport.
• A Canadair CL-13B Mk.6 in the Cali Air Base.
• A ex Venezuelan Air Force F-86K in the Palanquero Air Base

Germany

F-86

• D-9542 – Luftwaffenmuseum der Bundeswehr, Berlin-Gatow.
• JA-111 – Luftwaffenmuseum der Bundeswehr, Berlin-Gatow.

North American F-86

• XF-86 – three prototypes, originally designated XP-86, North American model NA-140
• YF-86A – this was the first prototype fitted with a General Electric J47 turbojet engine.
• F-86A – 554 built, North American model NA-151 (F-86A-1 block and first order of A-5 block) and NA-161 (second F-86A-5 block)
• DF-86A – A few F-86A conversions as drone directors
• RF-86A – 11 F-86A conversions with three cameras for reconnaissance
• F-86B – 188 ordered as upgraded A-model with wider fuselage and larger tires but delivered as F-86A-5, North American model NA-152
• F-86C – original designation for the YF-93A, two built, 48–317 & 48–318,[63] order for 118 cancelled, North American model NA-157
• YF-86D – prototype all-weather interceptor originally ordered as YF-95A, two built but designation changed to YF-86D, North American model NA-164
• F-86D/L – Production transonic all-weather search-radar equipped interceptor originally designated F-95A, 2,506 built. The F-86D had only 25 percent commonality with other Sabre variants, with a larger fuselage, larger afterburning engine, and a distinctive nose radome. Sole armament was Mk. 4 unguided rockets instead of machine guns. F-86Ls were upgraded F-86Ds. See North American F-86D Sabre.
• F-86E – Improved flight control system and an “all-flying tail” (This system changed to a full power-operated control with an “artificial feel” built into the aircraft’s controls to give the pilot forces on the stick that were still conventional, but light enough for superior combat control. It improved high-speed maneuverability); 456 built, North American model NA-170 (F-86E-1 and E-5 blocks), NA-172, essentially the F-86F airframe with the F-86E engine (F-86E-10 and E-15 blocks); 60 of these built by Canadair for USAF (F-86E-6)
• F-86E(M) – Designation for ex-RAF Sabres diverted to other NATO air forces
• QF-86E – Designation for surplus RCAF Sabre Mk. Vs modified to target drones
• F-86F – Uprated engine and larger “6–3” wing without leading edge slats, 2,239 built; North American model NA-172 (F-86F-1 through F-15 blocks), NA-176 (F-86F-20 and ?25 blocks), NA-191 (F-86F-30 and ?35 blocks), NA-193 (F-86F-26 block), NA-202 (F-86F-35 block), NA-227 (first two orders of F-86F-40 blocks comprising 280 aircraft which reverted to leading edge wing slats of an improved design), NA-231 (70 in third F-40 block order), NA-238 (110 in fourth F-40 block order), and NA-256 (120 in final F-40 block order); 300 additional airframes in this series assembled by Mitsubishi in Japan for Japanese Air Self-Defense Force. Sabre Fs had much improved high-speed agility, coupled with a higher landing speed of over 145 mph (233 km/h). The F-35 block had provisions for a new task: the nuclear tactical attack with one of the new small “nukes” (“second generation” nuclear ordnance). The F-40 had a new slatted wing, with a slight decrease of speed, but also a much better agility at high and low speed with a landing speed reduced to 124 mph (200 km/h). The USAF upgraded many of previous F versions to the F-40 standard.
• F-86F-2 – Designation for 10 aircraft modified to carry the M39 cannon in place of the M3 .50 caliber machine gun “six-pack”. Four F-86E and six F-86F were production-line aircraft modified in October 1952 with enlarged and strengthened gun bays, then flight tested at Edwards Air Force Base and the Air Proving Ground at Eglin Air Force Base in November. Eight were shipped to Japan in December, and seven forward-deployed to Kimpo Airfield as “Project GunVal” for a 16-week combat field trial in early 1953. Two were lost to engine compressor stalls after ingesting excessive propellant gases from the cannons.[64] [N 3]
• QF-86F – About 50 former Japan Self-Defense Forces (JASDF) F-86F airframes converted to drones for use as targets by the U.S. Navy
• RF-86F – Some F-86F-30s converted with three cameras for reconnaissance; also 18 Japan Self-Defense Forces (JASDF) aircraft similarly converted
• TF-86F – Two F-86F converted to two-seat training configuration with lengthened fuselage and slatted wings under North American model NA-204
• YF-86H – Extensively redesigned fighter-bomber model with deeper fuselage, uprated engine, longer wings and power-boosted tailplane, two built as North American model NA-187
• F-86H – Production model, 473 built, with Low Altitude Bombing System (LABS) and provision for nuclear weapon, North American model NA-187 (F-86H-1 and H-5 blocks) and NA-203 (F-86H-10 block)
• QF-86H – Target conversion of 29 airframes for use at United States Naval Weapons Center
• F-86J – Single F-86A-5-NA, 49-1069, flown with Orenda turbojet under North American model NA-167 – same designation reserved for A-models flown with the Canadian engines but project not proceeded with

North American FJ Fury

CAC Sabre (Australia)

Two types based on the U.S. F-86F were built under licence by the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (CAC) in Australia, for the Royal Australian Air Forceas the CA-26 (one prototype) and CA-27 (production variant). The RAAF operated the CA-27 from 1956 to 1971. Ex-RAAF Avon Sabres were operated by the Royal Malaysian Air Force (TUDM) between 1969 and 1972. From 1973 to 1975, 23 Avon Sabres were donated to the Indonesian Air Force (TNI-AU); five of these were ex-Malaysian aircraft.

The CAC Sabres included a 60% fuselage redesign, to accommodate the Rolls-Royce Avon Mk 26 engine, which had roughly 50% more thrust than the J47, as well as 30 mm Aden cannons and AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles. As a consequence of its powerplant, the Australian-built Sabres are commonly referred to as the Avon Sabre. CAC manufactured 112 of these aircraft.

CA-27 marques:

• Mk 30 â€“ 21 built, wing slats, Avon 20 engine.
• Mk 31 â€“ 21 built, 6–3 wing, Avon 20 engine.
• Mk 32 â€“ 69 built, four wing pylons, F-86F fuel capacity, Avon 26 engine.

Canadair Sabre

The F-86 was also manufactured by Canadair in Canada as the CL-13 Sabre to replace its de Havilland Vampires, with the following production models:

• Sabre Mk 1 – one built, prototype F-86A
• Sabre Mk 2 – 350 built, F-86E-type, 60 to USAF, three to RAF, 287 to RCAF
• Sabre Mk 3 – one built in Canada, test-bed for the Orenda jet engine
• Sabre Mk 4 – 438 built, production Mk 3, 10 to RCAF, 428 to RAF as Sabre F 4
• Sabre Mk 5 – 370 built, F-86F-type with Orenda engine, 295 to RCAF, 75 to Luftwaffe
• Sabre Mk 6 – 655 built, 390 to RCAF, 225 to Luftwaffe, six to Colombia and 34 to South Africa

Production Summary

• North American Aviation built a total of 6,297 F-86s and 1,115 FJs,
• Canadair built 1,815,
• Australian CAC built 112,
• Fiat built 221, and
• Mitsubishi built 300;
• for a total Sabre/Fury production of 9,860.