RCAF Golden Hawks Sabre Leaving Canada
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- čas přidán 29. 01. 2018
- The Canadair (F-86) Sabre saw service both in Canada and with 12 squadrons at Royal Canadian Air Force stations in Europe as part of a large NATO commitment. The most spectacular paint scheme ever to grace the already graceful lines of the Sabre was the livery of the RCAF's precision aerobatic team, the Golden Hawks. The Golden Hawks were created in 1959 to honour the 50th anniversary of powered flight in Canada and flew for five airshow seasons. The Vintage Wings of Canada Sabre continues to wear the same metallic gold paint scheme that was used to help celebrate the 100th anniversary of powered flight in Canada throughout 2009.
Here you will see ''Hawk One'' leaving her nest at the Vintage Wings of Canada Hangar in Gatineau headed for her new home in Alabama - Auta a dopravní prostředky
The F-86 is one of the most beautiful planes to ever fly. A classic.
I have no dought ,, that this plane is a WORK of ART
And many kudos to the Vintage Wings of Canada who took this aircraft in their arms, so to speak, and lovingly restored it to a gorgeous copy of one of the famous, Golden Hawks. They maintained this machine meticulously and carefully, and poured thousands of work hours to keep this bird in pristine condition.
I remember seeing them once at the Winnipeg (Steveson Field) Air Show in the late fifties. They were awesome and they were Canadian. I remember having an adolescent surge of pride in our aviators.
I fell in live with the F-86 after watching "The Hunters"...a movie about F-86 pilots in Korea with Robert Mitchum, Richard Egan and a VERY young Robert Wagner...
When I was a kid in the '50s, this was my first jet "love." IT is still amazingly sleek in my eyes. No wonder I fell in love with it.
As a kid in Edmonton we watched them from our rooftop. Our house was on 107 St. across the street from the airport & the flyovers above us were
spectacular!
The Golden Hawk One is a beautiful piece of Canadian history, something as Canadians we can be proud of. I'm going to assume the new owner is well aware of what he has in his possession, and will treat it with the kind of love and respect it deserves.
I can't help but wonder why it was sold? For the money I'm sure, but surely, we as a country are rich enough to own and maintain such a treasure with having to sell it? To me, it's unbelievable really.
Canadair Sabre 6. Most feared fighter over Europe in the 50's. Many Nato pilots with remember Sabre Alley . The place where they got their pictures taken with the gun camera.
I'm a American. She belongs in Canada, her home.
Thank you Jack. We have a model airplane club and it's named the Golden Hawks Model Aircraft Club.
When I asked why Golden Hawks,, they didn't know. And their logo was the head of an American Bald Eagle,,, "because it looks snazzy". Oh the humanity.
So when I tell them of the history of OUR beloved Golden Hawks, they look at me with a blank look as if I'm from Mars. First economy seat, I'm getting a ticket for the Red Planet. Elon Musk will be our benign King.
I remember these birds as a kid growing up in the 60s and 70s on CFB bases Trenton , Greenwood , St Hubert etc. Nice post
I remember the first time I saw the Golden Hawks. It was at the Western Fair grounds of London Ontario in the early 60's when I was 9 or 10. They were mesmerizing especially when the two solo planes flew towards each other at high speed and passed belly to belly. I saw them two more times before they disbanded. Once was at the old Centralia air base and the other at the CNE airshow where the USAF Thunderbirds with their F 100 Super Sabres also performed. I remember the Super Sabers being much louder and maybe a little faster but I much preferred the Golden Hawks who seemed (to me anyway at that age) more precise and graceful in their maneuvers. But maybe I was just being a proud Canadian.
Wow!F-86! I like it.
This aircraft is on display at the base in the city where I live.
from Japan
That is one beautiful machine, I love those colours.
She's one beautiful bird, where ever she goes she does the RCAF proud.
Not any more.
I watched them fly when I was child living on Toronto Island during the end of the CNE. My heart is broken.
Me too, as a child in Calgary during what was then an annual airshow.. I remember a particularly low pass just over the playing fields behind our house. As much as I enjoy the Snowbirds, they never matched the glamour of those golden saber jets of my childhood memory.
I flew sabres in Korea, best aircraft I’ve ever flown.
When I was in the US Airforce in the 60s I was stationed at Clovis AFB, New Mexico and quite a few old classic aircraft landed for fuel/repairs.
F-86s, P-51 etc. I was working transit alert and had to work on the Avionics.
Beautiful aircraft, all of them.
Absolutely the most beautifully designed aircraft ever built.
Bandsman, I agree 100%. To me the most beautiful aviation shape of all time. Others, F16 Falcon, Spitfire, Mustang. But our American brothers designed such a beautiful plane here. The design, the performance and least of all the record the US jet jockey's racked up in it. It's a classic in time.
As a boy, I watched them perform at Denare Beach, Sask. one year. Fantastic!
When I was very young I had the privilege of touring the Golden Hawks hanger when they were based at London Airport as part of a birthday party for one of my mates at school. To see this iconic plane leaving Canada is just very, very sad! Additionally, to see the GH air shows was a real treat. Really unforgettable.
Wow! Flying that jet must be a lot of fun!
A thing of beauty!
I have never seen a F-86 in gold paint. Very nice!
Please don’t bash your government my Canadian friends,you have much to be proud of as a nation,
Most Certainly you are the best neighbor the U.S. could ever ask for.
Remember things could always be worse.”we know.”
Thanks for my Dodge Challenger it’s great.
Mr. Truman said: ".....you are the best neighbor the U.S. could ever ask for."
Don't you like Russia or Mexico?
Fuck you and the horse that road you in!!!! Fuck The USA, United Shits and Assholes, (Trump lovers!!!)
Fuck You. At least my presidents' eyebrows aren't falling off. USA #1
Yes we are good neighbor but being be shit on us for many years by USA and we are Not enough proud to stand up and we have also very week leaders that This Just about what we deserved.
@@paulflak2823 dude calm down he was being nice
There's a Golden Hawk Sabre mounted on a pedestal in Germain Park in Sarnia. Kind of hidden away yet a true testament to Canadian aviators.
there are lots of f86s around here Peterborough zoo and Oshawa airport to name 2
How truly Canadian, snow.... Saber jet , the old days again.
Spooner Studio ! What a beautiful aircraft . First delivery 1949 ( believe it or not ) I had my 9th birthday during the 1949 CNE in Toronto on a train trip with my mother from Thunder Bay. I still remember the display upstairs in the Automotive building Just off Lakeshore Blvd. The F-86 and the British Vampire were side by side. The Vampire seemed tiny . Folks were looking into the intakes trying to figure out what propelled it with no propeller. Only for years after the end of WWll
Thanks for recording and posting this (sad) moment.
When I lived in Richmond Hill, one of the Golden Hawks pilots lived on the next street. Enjoyed their displays over the CNE
Sabre is for sure in my top 5 jets..
I worked on the Golden Hawk Streamliner project. A high powered streamliner that travels over 200 or 300 mph on the Bonneville salt flats. It is a vehicle that commemorates the Golden Hawk.
There is still one in Belleville Ontario. Off of rt. 62 up on a pedestal in the park.
We used to see it every year.
There are multiple along the shores of norther Lake Ontario. There’s the one in Belleville you’re speaking about in Zwicks Park, one at the Trenton Golden Hawks hockey team area in Trenton (just 15 minutes down the road) and another in a Brockville near their boat docks downtown.
@@erichhartmann1, yeah the only one that left is the flight worthy one.
One of the most beautiful jet figthers ever build!!! ❤
Sad to see this beaty leave Canada...
I agree. So sleek and well proportioned. Beautiful plane !!
Correct grammar is a well regarded attribute for Canadians
@@SamB-fv6su
Anything else Sir 😉
A national crime.
Saw them in an airshow in Gander as a kid, I felt proud.
I used to watch the Golden Hawks perform as a squadron at airshows back in the 60's. Their numbers were slowly diminished from unfortunate mishaps. Very sad to see the last one leaving Canada..
There are great fighters, then you have great fighters that also look great.
In my opinion, this F86 is right up there with the ME262 in the sheer beauty of the design.
When I was a kid I used to live near Downveiw air force base in Toronto and would occasionally see the team flying in and out.I even had a Golden Hawks crest,God knows where it is today.
Ditto - in the 1950's along with the CF-100 and Avengers
That is the 57 Chev of jet planes
One of my favourite old school jet fighters
Like the 104 star fighter too.
More like a 57 Studebaker Golden Hawk- 345ci supercharged with 4 on the floor!
Remember, the Orenda engined Canadair CF86 was putting out a lot more thrust than what the yanks were making.
That is a work of Art !!
I love F 86 saber
My Father Flew the F-86 Sabre Jets over Korea and I heard him say many times, for its day it had no equal in a dogfight. My Father was credited with shooting down Russian Made Migs that were in fact flown by Russian Pilots (not Chinese or Korean)and never once getting shot down himself...His plane took many hits but its toughness kept it flying and My Father Alive over the skies of Korea. Speaking as an American I am so glad to see her come home. But....speaking as someone who really appreciates this particular Jet Fighter, it seems only right that she stay in the hands of the people who took such fantastic care of her. I only hope the Canadian Govt. Gets full credit for her care and that she is treated with equal reverence here in the United States.
Beautiful airplane. Canada should be building it's own again.
I hope out friends down south kept that beautiful paint scheme.
Beutifull, Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
If you look at the G loading per airspeed the F-86 was the F-16 of it's day, I remember reading a story in Air Classics magazine about some American F-4 Phantom pilots who were bounced by some Aussie F-86's in a simulated dog fight. The F-4 pilots said until they started using the afterburners, they couldn't get away from the Sabre's
Because the Sabres had lower wing loading (hence a lower stall speed) and could turn inside an F-4.
Our ( Australian) F-86 had been hot rodded a bit, in as much as they were fitted with Rolls Royce Avon engines, so they
had nearly twice the thrust available from the GE J47 engines that they used in the US & Canada.
@@316tomiller You're dreaming buddy
@@316tomiller still not as hot as this Canadair 6 - there is a good video on this version on Military Aviation History channel here on CZcams
Beautiful.
Perfect shots!
There is still a Golden Hawk sabre at Hamiltons Air museum sitting in the hangar along with a Lancaster and various other war birds.
A few of those aircraft in Hamilton are mock-ups, not all, just a few.
The Hurricane is but the rest of the fleet aren't
However the airframe in this video is the one that toured for the Century of Flight celebration in 2009.
The aircraft your talking about in CWH is an actual F-86. However it is static and is actually on extended loan from another museum. CWH uses it not only to display the Golden Hawks but also how the inside of an airplane works as the left side has been replaced with glass and lights and a motor have been installed to show the engine turning over
Volunteering at the CWH, our Golden hawk is static, but has had work done on it to show how fighter jets work. The side is glass, and shows how the engine, and armament system works. There are alsolights fitted to show the travel of cool/hot air and pressures. The only aircraft that I am aware is onlease is the Spitfire, as ours was lost in a tragic fire
cool, thanks
Beautiful bird 😀
There are quite a lot of Sabres, no panic, but it has an astonishing turning circle and superb ground-attack capabilities. In the Korean War South African pilots flying Yankee marked Sabres scored devestating kills against Chinese and Soviet Mig-copies, we're talking Red Baron tallies but the ground-war was a stalemate. Bizarrely the English were still testing, and killing test pilots, in turboprop Supermarines like the propellor had a future! According to a relative when you thought a Sabre had had enough it was just turning to come back and really stuff the Commies up.
Why was it sold and where is it going... the Canadian government should have never let this piece of Canadian aviation history leave the country. should have bought it and sent it to a different museum. In 2009 a classic Canadair Sabre Mk 5, formerly RCAF serial 23314, was flown in to the Vintage Wings of Canada (VWOC) complex at Gatineau, Quebec, in September 2007, for a unique opportunity. There it was stripped, inspected, and refitted by the dedicated staff for its next important task, that of being the flagship for the anniversary year, painted in the glorious metallic gold livery of the legendary precision aerobatics team, the Golden Hawks. Officially designated “Hawk One”, and flying with the Centennial Heritage Flight, this aircraft flew with the famed Snowbirds team around the country, celebrating our proud Canadian flying heritage. Its first official performance, flown by Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, was at Baddeck, Nova Scotia, in February 2009, celebrating the centennial of the flight of the Aerial Experiment Association’s Silver Dart.
Below are listed some of the many Canadair Sabre Mk 5 and Mk 6 aircraft that were assigned and participated with the Golden Hawks’ teams over the years. Included here also are some of the aircraft from the Sabre No. 1(F) OTU, based at RCAF Station Chatham, used specifically for the formation and aerobatics training of many of the selected Golden Hawks’ pilots. These Sabres bore the RCAF serial numbers: 23001, 23034, 23037, 23042, 23043, 23066, 23073, 23079, 23080, 23083, 23096, 23100, 23129, 23133, 23135, 23142, 23164, 23195, 23202, 23205, 23206, 23208, 23215, 23227, 23259, 23276, 23279, 23301, 23309, 23313, 23314, 23315, 23320, 23330, 23339, 23347, 23351, 23353, 23355, 23358, 23359, 23410, 23424, 23426, 23433, 23435, 23454, 23457, 23465, 23470, 23485, 23487, 23510, 23551, 23600, 23636, 23641, 23649, 23651.
Ummm sabres are American not canadian
@@mrbrainbob5320 She was built here with a better engine.....
@@johnziegelbauer4999 lmaoo no the american engine was far superior also just because that particular saber was built in canada doesnt change the fact that its American.
@@mrbrainbob5320 Numerous Sabres were under license by Canadair from an agreement with North American that designed it! Then shipped around the world, including Nato and US!! Canadian Sabres thrashed a superb Kill rate against other fighters! The Canadian build Orenda engine was top performer of all the variants! As is usual, Canadians take the original mold of an design and commence to massively improve on it! Sometime breaking the Mold! Splash One! Peace!
@@brentwalker5952 building it under license doesnt mean they are canadian it just means they're built under license. the saber is still America. Majority of the british roll Royce engines were built under license in the American Packard company, that doesnt mean they are American they are still british engine's built under license by an American company. The American engine is superior if we are comparing to a similar timeline. when the newer canadian saber came on, the US already moved on to a newer plane with a far more superior engine. Also improving an existing design is not that special building a new plane from scratch is.
I have a diecast model of this! I love this plane!
Is that the Hobby Master one?
How and why this National Treasure was sold is beyond me. It was bad enough that the Golden Hawks were disbanded to start with, but its a crying shame that this Canadian built F-86 was ever sold! I not only saw this aircraft when it came to Saint John NB, I also sat in it and met Dan Dempsey the pilot who brought it. He was a friend of my uncle Russ who actually also flew these in the RCAF. Is Canada not a wealthy enough country to perpetually own and fly such a work of art? Apparently not!😢
Nice video...............................
Beautifull
I hope they her" as is" in Alabama . gold is beautiful.
So this Canadian Armed Forces jet is now in Alabama at some museum ?? Where is it anyone know ?
The day of the greatest dishonour to the brave men who flew them and died in them when in Europe with the 1St Air Division, RCAF/Nato during the Cold War. Some people and nations will sell their souls for money.
Snow all over the place, but August can be like that in Canada, eh! I've heard that instead of oil, the engine is lubricated with Maple Syrup.
Ese fuselaje , con motor y avionica actuáles... Oh my god !! , sería para darse un vuelo.
¡Bello e histórico avión!
F86!What an aircraft!Paf put them to good use ....
Off topic but its so cool that your country have two idioms. I mean i saw comments in french here. Its like a nation with two hearts.
AND two solitudes, as one of our Prime Ministers said in his book. But I believe that we have two souls.
Splendid
Now if only we could see a 104 and 101 fly again.
That is one awesome jet
F86 sabres were with Pakistan Airforce during the 65 and 71 wars. They destroyed the Indian Air force. Capt. M. M. ALAM still holds the Guinness record for making tbe most kills in a single sortie. Beautiful jets. Cudos to the restoration team. 👏👍
Kuchh zyaada nahin bol gaye janaab ?
Good looking plane!
I love this Plane
The F-86 Sabre and the Arrow. Two most beautiful airplanes -victims of bad government decisions.
I always liked the F-104 better.
not to many people remember the Avro CF-105 or the 120 000 people who lost there jobs in less then a month because of the conservative government of canada, and the party is still going strong at hurting canadians .
This jet is privetly owned and I'm sure that whoever bought it, is gonna keep it in prestine condition
@sparky12x Proof!!!! it was decades ahead of his time and when the Conservateur closed and scrapped it ,many of his engineer and technicians were engaged by the Yank's for their Space Program
@@gervaisfillion9417 "Decades?" So a 1954 design was right up there with the F-14, F-15, both of which were being tested before the end on the Vietnam war? There were too many advanced designs at the time. F-106 was equivalent, the prototype F-107 and the XF8U-3 Super Crusader III were superior and they met the same fate as the Arrow. If you decide to reply with the points where I'm wrong, be sure to add the points where I'm right. It's easy enough to see for yourself.
That said, trading the aircraft industry for farm subsidies was a bad move. The Canadians have every right to be angry about that.
I think this and the Hawker Hunter have to be the best two looking jets of all time
Not even close...mig 25 is best looking jet of all time
@@user-cf1se1kk5x No, no....the F18 is the best looking jet of all time.
@@user-cf1se1kk5x Looks like I have started something here lol. I think the intakes are just to big on the 25 Dave. Spoils the lines a bit.
@@Repented008 very good shout with the F/A 18 mate
@@martf8014 It's her strong legs that make her so sexy😍😎
Never realized how low those drop tanks hung.
Yeah I noticed that, too, why are the tanks built like that? Better airflow around the wing probably
Hot Rod!
Melting.
Aaaaaaaah! Is so prettyyyy!
Isn't that the same airfield featured in another video showing departure of a DH-112 Venom ? Was also in winter conditions.
Apologies in advance; where in Alabama is she headed? (ie: private collection or public museum etc.). With all of the silly bickering below I couldn't determine her Alabama destination.
Crap people - celebrate that she's been restored and preserved in her RCAF livery for generations to come. She's a proud symbol of Canada and the RCAF and she'll be treated with the love and respect she's earned. What is not to be proud of (for all involved)?
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Canadair CL-13 Mk.5
-RCAF23314 - privately owned in Melbourne Beach, Florida
Well she was kept at Gatineau....and French Canada has no sense of greater Canadian pride.....so of course, they would sell off such a priceless piece of Canada's heritage.
Holy Shit O.O THAT is the fanciest looking sabre I've ever seen!!
She looks like a Royal Escort!
Exactly !
Saw this one at Toronto, lakeshore airshow few years ago flown by cmdr. Chris Hadfield.
As an American I agree with my Canadian cousins, that jet should stay there, in Canada. Misappropriated Canadian history.
That being said, the F-86 is my favorite jet.
For a while there I thought he was just driving around in a parking lot going for a joy ride or something. Lol
my mothers cousin, FRANK HATTON, was flight commander of the Golden Hawks...…..he retired and passed away in Blenheim ON
All I'll say is Lucky. Wish I'd flown 1.
Thanks for selling off our aviation heritage. And for those on here that are saying its just an American plane "going home", they are full of shit. Built and Re-Designed in Canada, and 100% Canadian property. So if you think all aircraft just need to "go home"to where they were respectively designed, then the Planes of Fame Aviation Museum and folks like Kermit Week's might have a bone to pick with you. This aircraft is unique and a testament to one of the greatest air display teams of the era. To see it with another USAF paint job like all the others still flying is a stupid move by an even stupider government.
@peashumaru I have to hand it to you there, I seriously doubt that Trudeau has any actual knowledge of Canada's military history or equipment.
NOT A GOVERNMENT DECISION MORON. THIS AIRCRAFT WAS PRIVATELY OWNED AND THEN SOLD!!
Bravo
canadians make the best planes in the world! PERIOD
recon forsales we don’t make planes
Love to see that buzz the tower on full throttle..
Was that a Sabre Mk5 or Sabre Mk6? The reason I am asking is that it has wing leading edge slats
Golden Hawks first flew mk 5 with solid leading edge. Mk 6 with slats was used at the end. I flew the mk 5 for operational training and the mk 6 on squadron in France.
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That plane is probably happy to get away from that cold weather...
Cool your jets guys its an American designed plane going home with a nice Canadian paint job. It might have been well made in Canada and that is something to be proud of. Lots of peopel made good planes around the world over the years.
"The CF-100 ( The Canuck or Clunk ) was the only Canadian-designed fighter to enter mass production, serving primarily with the Royal Canadian Air Force and Canadian Armed Forces and also in small numbers in Belgium." wikipedia Lets not tell the world we are insecure by whining without doing our homework. After that maybe a weensy whimper from us.
As to the Arrow, its a mighty competitive world out there and at the time Canada had a tiny population to support such an expensive hobby as military jet design and manufacture. Sometimes you chase the dream and sometimes you have to look at the chequing account and be realistic.
and sometimes the bully next door tells you dump the incredible plane you just designed and then turns its sights on the UK where they did the exact same thing. The Arrow would still have amazing performance today, but the Americans forced their military industrial complex on everyone. At least the engineers from the project went to NASA to put a man on the moon.
Bob Braun I hate to tell you this but as for the Arrow the loss wasn't just the plane but the brain drain of engineers and designers that left to other countries and their programs.
Turn the page already. The Arrow was antiquated four decades ago...
Tell it to the Swedes. With a population 1/3 of Canada's, they have built their own fighters, tanks, APCs, artillery, assault rifles and smgs, naval surface vessels, submarines, torpedoes, mines, missiles, bombs, etc., etc.
In WW2, BOTH sides used Bofors guns!
@@clark9992 The Swedish Gripen ng 4.5 gen is a fantastic fighter jet. Their silent submarines are the best non nuclear powered out there.
Beautiful bird but out of focus camera work on the climb out, what a let down!!!
No kidding, eh?
Isn't it actually a CL-13?
The last of the gunslingers. These bad boys with ex WW2 fighter pilots were the scourge of the korean war. 18 to 1 kill ratio against the mig 15 which was no slouch but the QUALITY of the sabre pilots proved too much for the mig pilots who were barely out of flight school.
Ahhh my country Canada, lets give it all away. I'm ready to move to Denmark.
No shit.
Canada Airworthiness certificate requires extensive checks are records... Ive been involved with several Civilian AC buys from Canada, I was impressed with the condition of the aircraft. Only Issue I have is all that white stuff 8 months a year.
I bought one
MOM I WANT ONE PLEEEEEASE !!! 😭😬
Beautiful fighter jet. I wonder if that's one of the jets that youtube channel agentJayz had worked on the engine rebuild.
More aptly named the Canadair CL-13
Does anyone know if this Sabre has the original J47 or has it been re-engined? Such a beautiful aircraft. Love the 50's era warbirds.
It doesn't have a J47. It is powered by a Orenda from Canada. More thrust.
@@spitfirenutspitfirenut4835, one of the better known Canadian aviation products.