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F-86 SABRE/48-0178



Serial #: 48-0178
Construction #:
  151-43547
Civil Registration:
  N68388
  N178
  G-SABR
  Model(s):
  F-86A Sabre
Name: None
Status: Displayed
Last info: 2003

History:
Ben W. Hall, Seattle, WA, 1972-1988.
- Registered as N68388.
- Recovered from scrapyard, Fresno, CA, 1970
- Restored at Paine Field, WA.
- First Flight was on May 24, 1974.
- Reregisted as N178 during October 1983.
John E. Dilley/Fort Wayne Air Service, Fort Wayne, IN, June 1989-1991.
Golden Apple Trust, UK, 1990-1991.
- Restored at Fort Wayne, IN.
Golden Apple Operations LTd, Stamford, October 1991-1992.
- Shipped to UK.
- Assembled Bournemouth, March 1992.
- Flown as in USAF scheme as 8178/FU-178.
American Air Museum/Imperial War Museum, Duxford, UK, 19??-2003.
- Displayed in USAF scheme.











Source(s):
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
Preserved U.S. Military Aircraft, www.coastcomp.com/av/pres/index.htm
Photo Source(s):
Martin Kyburz/Swiss Mustangs.
Tony Chamber Photography.
John Hume
Dirk Sundbaum

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