Warbird Information Exchange

Easy one this......

EE/BAC Lightning

A Supermarine Scimitar , Saab J35 Draken or Vought F.8 Crusader would be next on the list though......

Better late than never!!!!
The CA-27 Sabre, produced by the Commonwealth Aircraft Factory, was a uniquely Australian version that adapted the basic F-86 Sabre airframe to the Rolls Royce Avon turbojet engine.
Although the standard Sabre and the Avon Sabre look superficially similar, the changes required to fit the Avon engine meant that only 40% of the original fuselage structure remained.
The installation of two 30mm Aden cannon in place of the machine gun armament of the North American version also required some modifications.

The Canadair Sabres also had an Avon, the Orenda engine was a licensed-built Avon, thoroughfully enhanced by the excellent Canuck engineers!

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Olivier Lacombe -- Harvard Mk.4 C-GBQB

Does a C-119 count since it has one on top?

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"Hindsight is usually 20% off!"

1. McDonald Douglas FH Demon the coolest carrier jet ever made.
2. T-2C Buckeye also very cool.
3. TF-9J Cougar how'd you like to make your first trap in this one!

OK, I'll go a different direction.
NAA AJ Savage although the photo of one doing a CV trap and the engines come flying off does bother me a bit!

Of course, there is the B-70 Valkyrie..........................................................
AND the not quite F-108 Rapier AND The CF-105 Arrow, speaking of balls to the wall!

Saab F-35 Draken... in RDAF colours! No doubt about it! THE plane to go super-stalling in!

for nostalga (my own memores):

F-100 in Thunderbirds colors
B-47

for pure looks:

a XF-90 or an A-5

for cat and mouse games:

F-106 or F-5

for guest appearances in art deco sci-fi Hollywood movies

B-46 or XF-103


decisions, decisions.... okay, ....one B-47 in 301st BG/419th BS colors.

got me curious now though since I have read of the problems of redesigning the CAC sabres for using the avons how much troublbe the canadian ones were to develop.

as for mine. for some reason I reckon a nice little GAF Pika or a Wamira ( didn't make it to production but looks nice ) or a mirage III ( or IV if I wanted to take the family )