She was America’s first operational supersonic jet—and she flew like it wanted to kill you. With a top speed of 864 MPH and ...

Above the skies of the Korean Peninsula, the F-86 Sabre formed one part of an epic ... some of which were converted from ...

The furious pace of cold war weapons development ensured the North American F-86 Sabre burned briefly but ... which came from a General Electric J47 engine. That power plant drove the F-86A ...

The transition from propellers to jet engines was difficult for both ... Military pilots struggled with the Sabre, too. New F-86 pilots were trained at Nellis Air Force Base.

F-86 Sabre Jets, completed and in the process of ... “Visitors saw a cutaway model of a jet engine, prepared by General Electric, and operated its controls; a demonstration of radar, with ...

So it's going to take a crew of peculiarly skilled technicians to be able to bring this North American F ... engine. Where the engine wound up is anyone's guess, however. From 1955 onward, this ...

Building an operational supersonic jet engine was no less than a technological ... The North American Aircraft Company liked the performance of the F-86 Sabre and how it owned the skies during ...

“But the F-86 has excellent control harmony ... On its Mark 6 variant, Canadair installed the Orenda 14 engine, giving the Sabre 7,200 pounds of thrust. “Quite a margin there,” says Penney.

The F-86 Sabre, or SabreJet, is one of the cornerstones upon which the modern Air Force was built since its inaugural flight on Oct. 1, 1947. Members of the F-86 Sabre Association met recently on ...

That's where the F-86 Sabre was able to turn the tide. Based on German engineering with swept-back wings and the Navy's FJ Fury series of aircraft, the Sabre became operational in 1949 and entered ...