The redoubtable impresario of this blog being a navy man, the blog's content leans toward Her Majesty's fleets. To redress this imbalance we present a specimen of the once gloriously named Royal Canadian Air Force. Your eyes do not deceive you. That is an F-86 Sabre, the legendary plane that first saw combat over the skies of the Korean peninsula nearly six decades ago. To celebrate the 100th anniversary of flight in Canada, a restored F-86 will be showcased at the Canadian National Exhibition airshow in Toronto early this September. Details at Canada's military blog of record, The Torch.
Saturday, August 15, 2009
The Golden Hawk
The redoubtable impresario of this blog being a navy man, the blog's content leans toward Her Majesty's fleets. To redress this imbalance we present a specimen of the once gloriously named Royal Canadian Air Force. Your eyes do not deceive you. That is an F-86 Sabre, the legendary plane that first saw combat over the skies of the Korean peninsula nearly six decades ago. To celebrate the 100th anniversary of flight in Canada, a restored F-86 will be showcased at the Canadian National Exhibition airshow in Toronto early this September. Details at Canada's military blog of record, The Torch.
My dear Kipling, what bias?
ReplyDeleteHaving been a Royal Canadian Air Cadet going back thirty years ago, the RCAF is something also very dear to me, though perhaps not to the same extent...
And the Torch, thanks for reminding. It's about time I posted over there.
The F-86 was as beautiful an aircraft as it was effective. Deployed in battle in the Korean War and flown by more experienced, capable, and better-trained USAF and other Allied air-force pilots, the F-86 proved more than a match for the MiG-15 flown by the enemy pilots of the Communist air forces. The F-86 worked up an impressive kill ratio over the MiG-15 of about 9 to 1. It is good to see a restored F-86 in the colours and markings of the RCAF.
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