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At last I have a question.
There is a halfring protuding from the right side of the fuselage filled with some rubberlike compound. Seems this is common to all sabres.
Anyone has a hint?
 

 
For now that's all. If this topic lives long enough maybe I can get some more information in autum.

frontwheel in canadian style:
 

The mainwheel:
 

The Orenda 14 of the Mk 6 making it the fastest and best climbing of all sabres. No wonder the canadians won every fightercontest in europe during the sabre age. Even F-100s had to fight for their lives when challenging it over the Rhinevalley of germany.
 

One more:
 

Now a look up the belly:
 

Well I promised to do the rest tonight. Now it's 18:57 and here we go.
 

 
This is the best I could do of the inner cockpit because we weren't allowed to climb on the jet. But in September I'll be back at Berlin and maybe I can talk them into allowing us.

a last one:
 

 
Hope i can finish my little contribution tonight.

another view;
 

The device that enables the Canopy to clear the larger Martin Baker during closing and opening:
 

one more:
 

Most of the german MK6 got Martin Baker ejectionseats for zero-zero escape when the role of the sabre changed from dayfighter to fighterbomber.
 

Let us have a look at the cockpit:
 

Slats of the MK6:
 

close up of the 6-3 hardedge wingfence:
 

When the Federal Airforce of Westgermany bought 225 Canadair MK6 sabres. in 1956 The canadian government donated them 75 surplus MK5s from their airforces depending the delivery of the MK6.
Thank God one of this rare birds is preserved at Gatow Berlin.
 

Wingtips:

the left side:
 

once more:
 

Staying with the tail, there is a hole opposite of the fuel relieving hose. Don't know what it is for.
 

The exhaust:
 

 
Time foe a break. Coffee is waiting.

Two views of the business end of the MK 6:
 

Close up: