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Saturday, February 10, 2018
Marilyn Monroe in Korea, 1954.
Is that a Sabre Jet she's on? Looks a lot like our local example below.
bottom one looks like F86A. no slats. museum quality level of dirt may even have recently been a gate guard. inlet plug looks permanent. almost guarantee the F84 crew chief had artwork applied to the nose commemorating the event.
The bottom photo is a 86, it's up at one of our local airports on display near the parking lot. I'd love to know more about it's history, if anyone knows where to find such info.
There was a Sabrejet in Prince William County "National Park" back when I was a kid. Engine was removed, Ladder up the aft end, slide down the front. The cockpit was streamlined against young hands, but you could look out the canopy and imagine blasting those Ruskies that made you hide under your desk
CW, should you ever be in Charlotte at the airport, go to the east side of the property where the NCANG access point is. there, on a pylon, is the most polished F86D you will ever see. Dog model with the nose radome. for a choice experience, the Museum of the USAF at Wright Paterson Air Force Base in Dayton Ohio has the North American F-86 skeletonized engineering display that was used to mock up the internal arrangement of equipment. every engineering question you have would be answered there. the docents there are very knowledgeable and await your questions. there are four hangars filled with the historic aircraft of the USAF from the wright flyer to the SR71. this museum is constantly on my bucket list.
F-84 Thunderjet - the USAF's primary strike aircraft of the Korean war.
ReplyDeletebottom one looks like F86A. no slats. museum quality level of dirt may even have recently been a gate guard. inlet plug looks permanent.
ReplyDeletealmost guarantee the F84 crew chief had artwork applied to the nose commemorating the event.
The bottom photo is a 86, it's up at one of our local airports on display near the parking lot. I'd love to know more about it's history, if anyone knows where to find such info.
DeleteDefinitely an F-84. Distinguishing vertical split in the air intake, which is vertical. F-86 had an angled air intake.
ReplyDeleteThat and the position of the gun slits. F-84s are on top of air intake, F-86 on the sides (as your photo below Marilyn shows.)
The F-84G was the first single-engine aircraft to carry a nuclear bomb.
There was a Sabrejet in Prince William County "National Park" back when I was a kid. Engine was removed, Ladder up the aft end, slide down the front. The cockpit was streamlined against young hands, but you could look out the canopy and imagine blasting those Ruskies that made you hide under your desk
ReplyDeleteCW, should you ever be in Charlotte at the airport, go to the east side of the property where the NCANG access point is. there, on a pylon, is the most polished F86D you will ever see. Dog model with the nose radome.
ReplyDeletefor a choice experience, the Museum of the USAF at Wright Paterson Air Force Base in Dayton Ohio has the North American F-86 skeletonized engineering display that was used to mock up the internal arrangement of equipment. every engineering question you have would be answered there. the docents there are very knowledgeable and await your questions. there are four hangars filled with the historic aircraft of the USAF from the wright flyer to the SR71. this museum is constantly on my bucket list.
I have the poster. It says it's an F-84-G
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