Richard Helm opened Sabre Aircraft in 1991 with his first design of a 103 delta trike. It was a very simple design that had an aluminum frame, front scrub brake, and used the Kawasaki 340 single carb, two stroke twin that produced about 30hp. It was an inverted design with the fuel tank mounted above and in front of the engine. The first wing was the APCO single surface that was produced in Israel. It was extremely easy to fly and with the APCO wing almost impossible to make a mistake.

When APCO stopped production of trike wings, Rick acquired the rights to build the Sabre 16 wing which was the mainstay until Sabre Closed its doors in 2006. Because of the 103 rules at the time, it was configured to be either a single seat or a double. It had a neat banana style seat that by moving a restraining strap you could create the second seat by simply moving the strap. The design was extremely well thought out and was a very light trike. It sold for $4995!

The original design was upgraded several times by adding first the Rotax 503 production model and then the Z626.

In 2001, the Wildcat was introduced. It was a new design that was clean and also light weight. It came standard with a fiberglass fairing, wheel pants, and the MZ202 twin which had a clutched gearbox and produced 65hp. Like the original 103 Sabre, the Wildcat was also a very well thought-out design.

When the Sport Pilot rule was approved, it changed the landscape in the triking world. Trikes became larger, heavier with much larger engines and that was not a place where Sabre wanted to go. Production was ended in 2006.

In all, Sabre produced over 850 trikes and over 2000 Sabre 16 wings. Many of which are still flying.