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    Airframe Family: North American P-86/F-86 Sabre / FJ-2/FJ-3/FJ-4 Fury
    Latest Model:Sabre 6
    Last Military Serial:381 SAAF
    Construction Number:1490
    Last Civil Registration:N50CJ
    Compressed ID:Canadair Sabre 6 sn 381 SAAF cn 149...
    Latest Owner or Location:Sabrejet Llc, Waukesha, WI

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Sabre 6 by Canadair at Montreal, QC.

    Assigned s/n 23700 with the Royal Canadian Air Force for administrative purposes. It did not serve with this service.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the South African Air Force with s/n 381.

    To SAAF Museum.

    13 November 1987

    To Corporate Jets Inc, Scottsdale, AR with new c/r N50CJ.

    Circa 1990

    Based with Corporate Jets, Soesterberg AB, Netherlands.
    In the early nineties this airframe together with Sabre N30CJ Was operated by Corporate Jets as a target tug.

    From Circa 1992 to Circa 1993

    Transported by ship.
    Returned to the USA in containers lacking spare parts.

    10 March 1998

    To Ricky N. Melton, Luttrell, TN keeping c/r N50CJ.

    6 May 2002

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX50CJ (F-86E MK.6, 381) issued.

    Operated by Tennessee Museum of Aviation, Sevierville, TN.
    View the Location Dossier


    Photographer: Andrew William Breeden
    Notes: Tennessee Museum of Aviation, Sevierville, TN

    5 February 2006

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX50CJ (F-86E MK.6, 381) issued.

    6 April 2015

    To unknown owner with c/r N50CJ.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Waukesha, WI.

    12 May 2015

    To Sabrejet Llc, Waukesha, WI keeping c/r N50CJ.
    Markings added: FU-361, 113361

    27 July 2017


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At 2017 EAA AirVenture at Oshkosh

    19 May 2018


    Photographer: Mike Fuller
    Notes: @ Illinois Valley Regional Airport/KVYS
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2007 by Andy Marden
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     AMCAR
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     Thomas Delvoye
    Mike Henniger
    Greg Morehead
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