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| Aircraft Type |
Sabre F.4 |
| Engine |
General Electric J-47-GE-13 |
| Maximum Thrust |
2,359 Kp 5,200lb |
| Internal Fuel |
1,646 ltrs 362 Imp Gal |
| Clean Take-off Weight |
6,622 kg 14,600 lb |
Max Speed
(at 13,720m/45,000ft) |
897 km/hr 484 knots |
Rate of Climb
(at 13,720m/45,000ft) |
1.27 m/sec 250 ft/min |
| Service Ceiling |
12,200 m 40,000 ft |
| Time to 13,720 m/45,000 ft |
22 min |
| Take-off Run to 15 m/50 ft |
1,006 m 3,300 ft |
| Notes: |
Ron Gray tells this interesting story about the difference between the RAF's F.4 and the RCAF Sabre 6. "The RCAF were blessed with that hotter A/C with the Orenda engine putting out 7,000lbs. We 'intercepted' a visit by RCAF and the RAF's Mk 4 did not get much higher than the Vampire (45,000 with Norman Giffin on a battle flight and we were wallowing between compressibility and stall). The F86 Mk.4 - I've had one up to 47,000 but that was a struggle. The RCAF Mk 6's called "Look up guys, we're at 52." |
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