Randy Posted January 4, 2013 Share #26 Posted January 4, 2013 Interesting anecdotes...thanks John. A few years ago I had the thrill and pleasure of watching an F-86 "strut its stuff" in the skies over Duxford. It was in KW markings and a real "smoker" when the pilot hit the afterburner! Which version was it that you saw? I'm asking as that only the interceptor versions D/K/L had AB (or reheat as you say there!). These models had the radome up over the intake. Normally AB eleminates or reduces the smoke. If it was and F86E/F maybe you just saw him move the throttle forward, which makes a darker trail. I'm not sure if there are any interceptor versions still flying. Anybody know? Randy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted January 4, 2013 Author Share #27 Posted January 4, 2013 Which version was it that you saw? I'm asking as that only the interceptor versions D/K/L had AB (or reheat as you say there!). These models had the radome up over the intake. Normally AB eleminates or reduces the smoke. If it was and F86E/F maybe you just saw him move the throttle forward, which makes a darker trail. I'm not sure if there are any interceptor versions still flying. Anybody know? Randy It was at "Flying Legends" a few years ago Randy. Can't recall exactly which type it was, other than it was marked KW style with yellow bands. She was a real smoker when the pilot hit the gas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Posted January 5, 2013 Share #28 Posted January 5, 2013 It was most likely an E or F with those markings. Smokiest thing I saw in 26 years working aircraft in the USAF was a B-52 mass launch. The end of runway area looked like nighttime! Randy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hudson Posted January 5, 2013 Share #29 Posted January 5, 2013 I found this at an estate sale last weekend. It's brass and just over 5 inches long (for our UK members I don't what that is in kilometers...) It almost looks like it could be a hood ornament. There is a bolt loosely stuck in the bottom. It looks some sort of attachment broke off the bottom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted January 5, 2013 Author Share #30 Posted January 5, 2013 Inches is fine for me Bob....metric / schmetric! As you say, undoubtedly a hood ornament. It would have looked magnificent glinting in the sunlight on the hood of a finned and chromed 50s American classic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagman Posted January 5, 2013 Share #31 Posted January 5, 2013 Thought I would post a youtube video honoring this great aircraft and some of the men who flew and serviced it with the 36th Fighter Squadron in 1953. Enjoy! I sure did. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsAO_i7t-yQ Respectfully submitted, Bagman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted January 5, 2013 Author Share #32 Posted January 5, 2013 Excellent...a great vintage! Many thanks Bagman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted January 5, 2013 Author Share #33 Posted January 5, 2013 Roy Lichtenstein's famous "WHAAM!", inspired by the F-86's MiG killing record in the skies over Korea! (I have a print of this picture on my wall at home!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted January 5, 2013 Author Share #34 Posted January 5, 2013 Honored by the USPS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted January 5, 2013 Author Share #35 Posted January 5, 2013 To echo Bob's post...more American automobile hood ornaments inspired by the jet-age. They don't make 'em like that any more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted January 5, 2013 Author Share #36 Posted January 5, 2013 With all due respect to the USAF F-86, being a Navy guy, I herewith submit the aircraft carrier based, folding wing US Navy FJ-2 Fury. Thanks, Al. Thanks for the timely reminder Al! I got close up and personal with one of these below decks on the USS Intrepid in NYC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Posted January 5, 2013 Share #37 Posted January 5, 2013 I found this at an estate sale last weekend. It's brass and just over 5 inches long (for our UK members I don't what that is in kilometers...) It almost looks like it could be a hood ornament. There is a bolt loosely stuck in the bottom. It looks some sort of attachment broke off the bottom. I think these were factory give outs that came attached to an ashtray or something. I KNOW I've seen it before, just can't remember where... Randy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bebel Posted January 5, 2013 Share #38 Posted January 5, 2013 F-86 is a flying legend and one of the most beautiful jet ever built. The purest design of all liked 50s jets for me...Happy Birthday, Ian.Franck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_Andrews Posted January 6, 2013 Share #39 Posted January 6, 2013 In the late 1940s and early 1950s, "Jet" and "Atomic" were very big words in advertising and naming products/businesses. At a show decades ago I ran into guy who was an advanced collector -- of "various things, including military recruiting posters and anything to do with segregation. He had a display of "Jet" and "Atomic" products -- laundry soap, candy, breakfast cereal, bicycles, toy guns, board games, comic books, paperback novels, as well as ephemera, menus and placemats from restaurants and bars, car washes, junk yards, etc. You name it and those were the super-cool monickers. He said these things went off into the sunset once jets took losses in Korea (they were not invulnerable after all) and teh dangers of radiation poisoning (as from A-bomb testing in the atmosphere) became known. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted January 6, 2013 Author Share #40 Posted January 6, 2013 F-86 is a flying legend and one of the most beautiful jet ever built. The purest design of all liked 50s jets for me...Happy Birthday, Ian.Franck Merci beaucoup Franck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vostoktrading Posted January 7, 2013 Share #41 Posted January 7, 2013 The Sabre is a nice looking airplane. Here's a couple of pictures I like: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squad leader Posted January 9, 2013 Share #42 Posted January 9, 2013 Happy Birthday Saber jet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted January 9, 2013 Author Share #43 Posted January 9, 2013 Merci beaucoup!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hirsca Posted January 9, 2013 Share #44 Posted January 9, 2013 Happy Birthday Saber jet! Might that be the F-86D? What a God-awful way to destroy the beautiful lines of a classic aircraft. Happy Belated Birthday Sabrejet!! Al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squad leader Posted January 9, 2013 Share #45 Posted January 9, 2013 Might that be the F-86D? What a God-awful way to destroy the beautiful lines of a classic aircraft. Happy Belated Birthday Sabrejet!! Al. That's not the F-86D. This is the F-86E-6-CAN 52-2852 "Darling Dottie" of the 39th FIS / 51st FIW flown by John F. Bolt (USMC). (During WWII, John F. Bolt was a pilot in VMF-214 best known as the Black sheeps.) Dan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted January 10, 2013 Author Share #46 Posted January 10, 2013 I agree with Al...the "Sabre -Dog" ruined those classic lines! (BTW...thanks Al!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vostoktrading Posted January 12, 2013 Share #47 Posted January 12, 2013 The F-86D (Dog Sabre) was much less attractive with that ugly nose. I do like it though. The Hawaii Air National Guard used these aircraft for a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vostoktrading Posted January 12, 2013 Share #48 Posted January 12, 2013 Another. Jon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted January 12, 2013 Author Share #49 Posted January 12, 2013 Dating from the mid 50s, the Italian FIAT G.91 was obviously heavily influenced by the F-86! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vostoktrading Posted January 12, 2013 Share #50 Posted January 12, 2013 About 50 years later Uncle Sam is trusting us with these now. What a difference! Hawaii Air National Guard F-22. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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