Gents, for F86 in the above posts, can we substitute CA-27? That, after all, is the correct designation for these aircraft.

The Sabres operated at Butterworth by the RAAF were licensed built versions with a better engine, the RR Avon, and 2 x 30mm cannon in place of the standard F86’s 6 x .50 cal MGs. I believe that this aircraft was thought by most people to be the best of the Sabre line.

If you can get hold of a copy, in the November 2001 issue of ‘FlyPast’, Don Chadwick recounts his experiences of, I think, the same Vulcan detachment to Butterworth in late 1964 that Pontius Nav refers too above.

There was a CA-27 Sabre, albeit in RMAF markings, in the static park at the Langkawi Air Show, LIMA 07, here last week. This aircraft was formerly A94-362 when with the RAAF. Photos below.