Mark Kettle 1 Posted October 16, 2019 Author Share Posted October 16, 2019 Pakistan Air Force F-86 Sabre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kettle 1 Posted October 28, 2019 Author Share Posted October 28, 2019 North American F-86A Sabre 48-178 returned to the USA from being in England for the last 22+ years. It was disassembled by Aircraft Restoration Company in Duxford England and shipped to Heritage Aero in Rockford, IL where it was reassembled and received FAA certification. Portions of the first flights in the vicinity of Rockford, IL on October 7, 2015 are shown here. Question: I ask does anyone know if she is still in Rockford? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kettle 1 Posted October 28, 2019 Author Share Posted October 28, 2019 A Nice close up on this video. Australian built CA-27 A94-983 (Highly modified version of North American F86F Sabre) preparing for airshow display. Filmed last Saturday at Temora Invitational Scale Classic 2011. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kettle 1 Posted October 30, 2019 Author Share Posted October 30, 2019 A formation flypast by a F86A Sabre and RNHF Seahawk at Duxfords autumn airshow 2007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kettle 1 Posted October 30, 2019 Author Share Posted October 30, 2019 RAAF Sabre Jets and Canberra bombers at RAAF Butterworth in Malaysia. Later on in the film it shows an RAAF Sabre making an emergency landing with faulty undercarriage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kettle 1 Posted October 30, 2019 Author Share Posted October 30, 2019 Filmed September 2015 This Temora-based jet is one of the fighters that the Royal Australian Air Force used during the 1950s. The CAC Sabre, sometimes known as the Avon Sabre or CA-27, is an Australian variant of the North American Aviation F-86F Sabre fighter aircraft. The F-86F was redesigned and built by the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (CAC). Equipping five RAAF squadrons, the type saw action in the Malayan Emergency in the late 1950s, and was employed for air defence in Malaysia and Thailand in the 1960s. Ex-RAAF models also saw service with the Royal Malaysian Air Force and the Indonesian Air Force. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kettle 1 Posted October 30, 2019 Author Share Posted October 30, 2019 Bob Hoover is the best! An absolute LEGEND! Bob Hoover was a WWII fighter pilot who escaped from the Germans by stealing a Messerschmidt, which he had never flown and with the placards in German. He was part of the X1 program when Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier. He was then a Saber Jet test pilot, a radical new jet created for the Korean War to exceed the MIG 15 in speed and manoeuvrability. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kettle 1 Posted October 30, 2019 Author Share Posted October 30, 2019 Like a Sabre.... North American FJ-2 Fury Fighter - 1953 United States Training Film The North American FJ-2 Fury manufactured by North American Aviation is an American swept-wing carrier capable jet fighter developed from the F-86 Sabre to serve the U.S Navy and U.S Marine Corps. The FJ-2 was used to evaluate the first steam catapult installed on a U.S. Navy carrier, featuring an all-moving "flying tail" without dihedral. Unfortunately the FJ-2 Fury was plagued with problems when operating aboard ship, prompting the U.S Navy to assign them exclusively to U.S Marine Corps squadrons in 1954. As more advanced FJ-3/4 versions of the swept-wing Fury came into service the FJ-2 Fury was slowly phased out of active service. The maiden flight of the FJ-2 Fury took place on the 27th of December 1951 and it went into service in 1954. Primary users were the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps. There were approx. 741 FJ-2 Fury produced. The FJ-2 Fury retired from active service on September 1962. Edited By Mark Kettle 1 on 30/10/2019 15:51:49 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kettle 1 Posted October 30, 2019 Author Share Posted October 30, 2019 Aero-TV: Profiles in Aviation - The FJ-3 Fury Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kettle 1 Posted October 30, 2019 Author Share Posted October 30, 2019 FJ-4 Recognition Briefing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kettle 1 Posted October 30, 2019 Author Share Posted October 30, 2019 FJ-2 Carrier Operations Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kettle 1 Posted October 30, 2019 Author Share Posted October 30, 2019 Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum. Curator of Aviation Eric Boehm, learn all about the FJ-3 Fury. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kettle 1 Posted October 31, 2019 Author Share Posted October 31, 2019 Enjoy the videos . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Meade Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 Nice vid with the Seahawk tight formation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kettle 1 Posted October 31, 2019 Author Share Posted October 31, 2019 Yep I agree Andy, I was thinking you and knew you would like that one. (........we don't get many replies or comments on this thread, but your reply Andy tells me people are watching and tuning in....in the old fashion sense ) . Edited By Mark Kettle 1 on 31/10/2019 10:46:02 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kettle 1 Posted October 31, 2019 Author Share Posted October 31, 2019 History Channel series on the most important machines of war and inventions that changed the balance in conflicts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kettle 1 Posted October 31, 2019 Author Share Posted October 31, 2019 Sabre F86 and Supermarine Spitfire XVI flying low and in formation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kettle 1 Posted November 1, 2019 Author Share Posted November 1, 2019 Canadair F-86 = Sabre 6 Canadair Sabre 6. A Canadian license-built version of the North American F86 Sabre. Filmed from the wing tip of this fighter jet while Randy started and ran the engine. Lots a panels open etc. Recommendation: Listened through serious headphones or an audio system with subwoofer: WOW! .....not to loud though. Edited By Mark Kettle 1 on 01/11/2019 13:36:08 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kettle 1 Posted November 1, 2019 Author Share Posted November 1, 2019 Walk around A North American F-86 Sabre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kettle 1 Posted November 5, 2019 Author Share Posted November 5, 2019 Australian Avon powered Sabre In 1951, CAC obtained a licence agreement to build the F-86F Sabre. In a major departure from the North American blueprint, it was decided that the CA-27 would be powered by a licence-built version of the Rolls-Royce Avon R.A.7, rather than the General Electric J47. In theory, the Avon was capable of more than double the maximum thrust and double the thrust-to-weight ratio of the US engine. This necessitated a re-design of the fuselage, as the Avon was shorter, wider and lighter than the J47. Because of the engine change the type is sometimes referred to as the Avon Sabre. To accommodate the Avon, over 60 percent of the fuselage was altered and there was a 25 percent increase in the size of the air intake. Edited By Mark Kettle 1 on 05/11/2019 23:03:22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kettle 1 Posted November 5, 2019 Author Share Posted November 5, 2019 CAC Avon Sabre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kettle 1 Posted November 5, 2019 Author Share Posted November 5, 2019 Sit back and Enjoy. RAAF History takes flight at the Wings Over Illawarra Airshow 2018 . CAC Avon Sabre from the La Trobe Valley Airport here in Victoria this is a Privately own Sabre here in Australia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Houghton Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 Mark, Thanks for posting the CAC Sabre clips. Useful information for my CA-27 version which is essentially the same airframe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kettle 1 Posted November 6, 2019 Author Share Posted November 6, 2019 Thank you for the comment Steve. I've also put some details on the book shelve thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kettle 1 Posted November 6, 2019 Author Share Posted November 6, 2019 Two bad movie trailers coming up. A follow on from Martin Gay's thread where Alan Gorham found this 'sombre' scheme. EX-Luffwaffe Sabre 6 - N1039C (s/n 1600 ) Briefly wore this 'sombre' colour scheme in November 1979 for its role in a motion picture 'The Last Chase' Starred Lee Majors and Burgess Meredith. The Last chase trailer from the original vhs or betamax !!! The writer of the original script was his first ever movie script that he wrote at age 22 which was in 1970 and he now absolutely hates how bad the movie came out! Penguin Vs The Six Mllion Dollar Man Of course it's the 'Penguin' played by Burgess Meredith -Vs - ' The Six Mllion Dollar Man' played by Lee Majors. Edited By Mark Kettle 1 on 06/11/2019 06:37:25 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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