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Title: F-86A Sabre Flies Again
Source: EAA
URL Source: http://www.eaa.org/en/eaa/eaa-news- ... s/10-21-2015-sabre-flies-again
Published: Oct 21, 2015
Author: EAA
Post Date: 2015-10-23 19:05:24 by X-15
Keywords: warbirds, aviation, history
Views: 351
Comments: 6

October 21, 2015 - On Wednesday, October 7th, North American F-86A 48-178 took to the skies over Rockford, Illinois. Previously registered as G-SABR in the U.K., it is now registered as N48178 in the U.S., and is believed to be not only the sole currently flying F-86A, but also the oldest operational jet of any kind in the world. The well-known aircraft, previously owned by the Golden Apple Trust was sold in June of 2014 by Courtesy Aircraft Sales to Dr. John Swartz of Heritage Air, LLC, Grove, Oklahoma. The aircraft was shipped to Heritage Aero, Inc. in Rockford, Illinois for reassembly, inspection, and FAA certification.

At approximately 1:30 p.m. local time, Paul Wood of Warbird Heritage Foundation, Waukegan, Illinois departed runway 1 at KRFD for the Sabre’s first flight in the U.S. since leaving back in 1991 for the U.K. Multiple flights were performed that day and the aircraft performed without issues. Paul Keppeler flew chase for the second flight in his Canadair CT-133 T-Bird. The owner, Dr. John Swartz, currently operates two Lockheed T-33s and will be flying 178 himself soon.

Here’s hoping we see this beautiful warbird here in Oshkosh next summer.

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#1. To: X-15 (#0)

Beautiful bird, thanks.

I'd love to see some of those RU pilots really wring it out.

“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken

Lod  posted on  2015-10-23   19:09:31 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: X-15 (#0)

It was always nerve wracking to have them make fighter passes at us for practice. Some of the cowboys would get too close and have to be warned off.

Cynicom  posted on  2015-10-23   19:26:06 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: X-15 (#0)

Beautiful aircraft, c1950-52 Korean War. ;)

"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke

BTP Holdings  posted on  2015-10-23   19:26:38 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: X-15 (#0)

F-86A

I wonder if it'll outperform an F-35. I'm certain it would be more reliable and operator friendly.

You could probably build 100 F-86's for the price of 1 F-35.

"When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men living together in society, they create for themselves in the course of time a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it." - Frederic Bastiat

Southern Style  posted on  2015-10-23   21:55:31 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: Southern Style (#4)

More like 1000.

“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken

Lod  posted on  2015-10-23   22:00:31 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#6. To: X-15 (#0)

A jet engine with a seat, the beginning and end of the imagination of Harley Earl. Fins, damnit, big pointy ones, and more chrome!

They kill good trees to put out bad newspapers. - James G. Watt

Dakmar  posted on  2015-10-23   22:06:35 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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