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my first jet fighter..oh..it sure brought back wonderful memories to see this plane perform
...I did my first flight on this awesome plane in 1964...
Event/ LocationPrivately owned former USAF F-86 Sabres taxiing just prior to twilight display at Oceana 2005. The Sabre FU-222 flown by Dale "Snort" Snodgrass and with Ed Shipley flying the F-86 71461/N186FS/FU-461. Tragically FU-222 was subsequently lost in a crash claiming the life of Wyatt Fuller, its owner.
1974 Volvo F86 bulk tipper.
DVLA have the colour as red.
Last (extended) MoT test expired in October 2020 (SORN).
Cheffins vintage and classic auction, Sutton -
"1974 Volvo F86 6cylinder diesel 6x4 Dropside Tipper. Stated to in ex-farm condition. Estimate: £7,000 - £9,000."
Sold for £6800.
Meeting de l'air Orange
Un très beau meeting, sur une base très sympa et avec un très beau plateau.
Merci à la #FOSA.
A very nice meeting, on a very nice basis and with a very nice plateau.
Thanks to #FOSA.
1978 Volvo F86 tractor unit.
Last taxed in January 1995.
Cheffins vintage and classic auction, Sutton -
"Chassis No. 36009. Originally run by M J Rolls of Caxton and still carrying their livery, the Volvo carries a 1995 DVLA 'Scrapped Marker' and therefore is offered for sale for spares use only."
Sold for £10,400! Which seems incredible considering this has a 'scrapped marker'. Oddly, despite it being scrapped, there's still a valid DVLA record so perhaps that had something to do with it.
North American F-86 Sabre and Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II
2019 Thunder And Lightning Over Arizona Airshow
A BATCH 3 TYPE 22 FRIGATE. (F86) BUILT BY " CAMMELL LAIRD " LAUNCHED 1987.
DECOMMISSIONED 2011. scrapped 2013.
DISPLACEMENT 5,300. L.148m X B.14.8m.
MAX. SPEED 30 knots.
COMPLEMENT 250.
ARMAMENT : 2x6 SEA WOLF A.A. MISSILE LAUNCHERS (72 MISSILES).
2 x QUAD HARPOON MISSILES.
2 x TRIPLE ANTI SUBMARINE TUBES .
1 x 4.5 -inch MK.8.GUN.
2 x 20mm GAM-BO1 GUNS .
1 x GOALKEEPER CIWS GUN.
1 x lynx helicopter.
THIS WAS IT'S FAREWELL VISIT.
The North American F-86 Sabre (sometimes called the Sabrejet) was a transonic jet fighter aircraft. Produced by North American Aviation, the Sabre is best known as the United States's first swept wing fighter which could counter the similarly-winged Soviet MiG-15 in high-speed dogfights over the skies of the Korean War. Considered one of the best and most important fighter aircraft in the Korean War, the F-86 is also rated highly in comparison with fighters of other eras. Although it was developed in the late 1940s and was outdated by the end of the 1950s, the Sabre proved versatile and adaptable, and continued as a front-line fighter in numerous air forces until the last active operational examples were retired by the Bolivian Air Force in 1994.
Its success led to an extended production run of more than 7,800 aircraft between 1949 and 1956, in the United States, Japan and Italy. Variants were built in Canada and Australia. The Canadair Sabre added another 1,815 airframes, and the significantly redesigned CAC Sabre (sometimes known as the Avon Sabre or CAC CA-27), had a production run of 112. The Sabre was by far the most-produced Western jet fighter, with total production of all variants at 9,860 units.
(Source: Wikipedia)
A Canadair-built F-86 Sabre at Duxford being worked on by ground crew. A classic Cold War jet fighter that served with several air forces around the world. Here, a generator provides ground power to run instruments and systems safely without firing up the engine.
Where the MiG-15 goes, the F-86 must surely follow. This one is owned by the Planes of Fame Air Museum and is a California airshow regular.
This F-86E, BuNo 51-3067, has had a rough time of it. Built as one of the last batch of F-86Es, it was delivered to the USAF in 1952, and instead of going to Korea, it was instead sent to 3595th Pilot Training Group at Nellis AFB, Nevada; the F-86Fs were now slated for Korean service, and the E-models would serve as lead-in fighter trainers. Unfortunately, it was wrecked in a landing accident at Nellis, and used for spare parts. Enough remained to be donated to the town of Banning, California as a veterans' memorial in 1965.
51-3067 seemed destined to rust away until a warbird collector spotted the aircraft, bought it, and restored it to flying condition again in 1994...only to suffer another landing accident in 1996. It was once more restored to flying status and picked up by Planes of Fame. In 2017, it was sold to the Flying Heritage Museum in Everett, Washington, but after the death of Paul Allen and the closure of the FHC, it looks as if 51-3067 will be remaining at Planes of Fame for the foreseeable future.
When it was first restored to flying status, it was repainted in the checkerboards of the 51st Fighter-Interceptor Wing at Suwon, South Korea during the Korean War, initially with the nickname "Stu's Ride," for its former owner. After Planes of Fame obtained the aircraft, it was repainted as Captain Joseph McConnell's "Beauteous Butch II"; McConnell was the top USAF ace of the Korean War with 16 victories to his name, and was also assigned to the 51st FIW. (51-3067 retains its correct FU-067 buzz number; the real "Butch's" buzz number was FU-910.) McConnell's 16 victories are represented by MiG silhouettes, and naturally, as a Korean War-era F-86, it carries large yellow recognition stripes. There's still some work to be done on the aircraft, markings-wise, and I'm not sure if it's currently flyable, but it looked good when I saw it during my January 2020 visit.