Sabre Aircraft

{{Short description|Former American aircraft manufacturer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}

{{Use American English|date=July 2021}}

{{for|the fighter aircraft|North American F-86 Sabre}}

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| name = Sabre Aircraft

| logo = SabreAircraftLogo2008.png

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| type = Private company

| fate = out of business

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| foundation = 1991

| defunct = 2008

| location = Buckeye, Arizona, United States

| industry = Aerospace

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| key_people = Richard Helm, aircraft designer{{Cite web|url = http://www.sabretrikes.com/LSA.htm |title = The Sabre Trike fits the new Light Sport Aircraft Category perfectly |accessdate = 23 January 2012|last = Sabre Aircraft|year = 2008 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080216124402/http://www.sabretrikes.com/LSA.htm |archivedate = 16 February 2008}}

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Sabre Aircraft was an American aircraft manufacturer, specializing in ultralight trikes and their hang glider-style wings. It was located in Buckeye, Arizona.Cliche, Andre: Ultralight Aircraft Shopper's Guide 8th Edition, pp. C-20 & C-21. Cybair Limited Publishing, 2001. {{ISBN|0968062814}}Downey, Julia: 2000 Trike and 'Chute Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 17, Number 2, February 2000, p. 48. Kitplanes Acquisition Company. {{ISSN|0891-1851}}Downey, Julia: 2005 Trikes 'Chutes and Rotorcraft Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 22, Number 2, February 2005, p. 49. Belvoir Publications. {{ISSN|0891-1851}}Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003–04, p. 108. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster OK, 2003. {{ISSN|1368-485X}}Purdy, Don: AeroCrafter – Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, p. 247. BAI Communications, 1998. {{ISBN|0963640941}}

In circa 2000 the company was noted for producing the least expensive single and two-seat completed, ready-to-fly aircraft available. By 2000 they had sold more than 200 aircraft. The company claimed that it was the "largest and oldest Trike manufacturer in the United States".

{{Cite web|url = http://www.sabretrikes.com|title = Welcome to Sabre Aircraft|accessdate = 23 January 2012|last = Sabre Aircraft|year = 2008 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080330222633/http://www.sabretrikes.com/ |archivedate = 30 March 2008}}

The company wound up operations in 2008, stating on their website "Sabre is no longer in the business of building ultralight trikes. We felt that it was time to move on."

Aircraft

class="wikitable sortable"
Model name

! First flight

! Number built

! Type

align=left| Sabre 340

|align=center| 1991

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|align=left| ultralight trike

align=left| Sabre Aeros 503

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|align=left| ultralight trike

align=left| Sabre Elite

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|align=left| ultralight trike

align=left| Sabre Trike

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|align=left| ultralight trike

align=left| Sabre Venture

|align=center|

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|align=left| ultralight trike

align=left| Sabre Wildcat

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|align=left| ultralight trike

Gallery

File:SabreTrikeAerosProfi1.jpg|Sabre Aeros 503

File:SabreTrikeFactory1.jpg|Sabre Assembly

File:Sabre Wildcat Trike.JPG|Sabre Wildcat

File:Sabre_340_Trike.JPG|Original Sabre 340

File:Richard_A_Helm_Setting_Up_Sabre_Trike.JPG|Designer Richard A. Helm

References

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