February 19, 2021
In 2005, after a 30-year search, the remains of an aircraft that had become known as “The Ghost of Charron Lake” were spotted at the bottom of the northeastern Manitoba lake on a sonar scan. The complete skeleton was intact, it was still upright on the wooden skis (which were perfectly preserved), the engine still turned over, and the prop looked like new. The discovery received global media attention. In 2010 the “Ghost” was retrieved and delivered to the museum.
Text by Lt Col (ret) Robert Nash for the Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada. During the Korean War, United Nations pilots flying the F-86 Sabre were involved in some of the earliest jet-to-jet battles in history. Their primary opponent …
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Text by Lt Col (ret) Robert Nash for the Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada. The F-86 Sabre is the most-produced Western jet-powered day fighter, with a total production of 9,860, including all variants. Between 1949 and 1956, North American …
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