CAC Sabre

what is it?

The CAC Sabre, sometimes known as the Avon Sabre or CA-27, is an Australian variant of the North American Aviation F-86F Sabre fighter aircraft. The F-86F was redesigned and built by the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (CAC). Equipping five Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) squadrons, the type saw action in the Malayan Emergency in the late 1950s and was employed for air defence in Malaysia and Thailand in the 1960s.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 jet engine · 11.3 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 1,126 km/htop speed
• size 9,621 kgmax take-off weight
• built 112made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 73 years ago, in 1953.
• 🏎️Top speed is 8.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 11.3 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🏔️Can fly 1.8× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).

jet: Gas turbine pushing air out the back (turbofan or turbojet): fast and high-flying.

spec sheet

first flight

1953

introduced

1954

retired

1971

status

retired

number built

112

role

fighter aircraft

origin

🇦🇺 Australia

makers

Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation

engines

1× Rolls-Royce Avon RA.26

length

11.4 m

wingspan

11.3 m

height

4.3 m

max take-off weight

9,621 kg

top speed

1,126 km/h

range

—

ceiling

15,850 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.