Canadair CL-13 Sabre: Started by the Yanks, Made an Absolute Beast By Canada

A Canadian astronaut is going to the Moon pretty soon, and he's an ex-RCAF CF-18 pilot to boot. But if you ask Jeremy Hansen which Canadian jet fighter made the biggest impression on him in the shortest amount of time, there's a strong chance he'd say it was the 12-ish flight hours he spent at the stick of a nearly 70-year-old Canadair Sabre. Though the Sabre is undoubtedly an American invention, it's hard to say its most lethal variant didn't come from n... (continue reading...)