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I ran across some photos just now of the F-86A in display at the Air Force Museum. Included in the collection of photos is one of the best closeup photos I have seen of the V-shaped windscreen fitted to A's and IIRC, early E's. (Now, if we only had a state of the art F-86A/E kit in 1/72 and 1/48 to go with it!) I'm sure it's old hat to Duncan @Sabrejet! Click on download hi res and then circle + to see a larger image for each of the 37 photos. (The larger image of the windscreen is especially nice!) Mike https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/196118/north-american-f-86a-sabre/ '
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Some time ago, I posted images of the flight test C-17 at Edwards in 1991. At that time, I also said that I would post some images of the same aircraft as it arrived for display at the National Museum of the USAF at Wright-Patterson AFB. The aircraft is now on display, but these images show it in the restoration yard in May 2012, waiting for a crew from Edwards to remove flight test equipment for shipment back to Edwards. Its pseudo-Euro One scheme replaced with the current operational Air Mobility scheme. "Mission" symbols next to the crew door. Due to its proximity to Hollywood, Edwards was often 'loaned' to production companies. The C-17 showing its participation in a number of action films... Detail at the lower right of the crew door. That's right, there is actually a panel on each side of the jet and an emergency escape slides inside for the cockpit crew to escape quickly Though the escape slide concept assumes that g-forces in an out of control aircraft would be such that it would keep the crew members on the slide and propel them back and out through the jettisoned panel. Hmmmm.... Aft fuselage. Thats part of the XC-99 carcass in the background. The part that intrigued me as an ex stability and control flight test engineer, the installation of the stall recovery parachute. When doing high angle of attack flight test, the tail cone was removed at the vertical panel line and the reefed parachute exposed, looking sort of like a puckered... er... well you get the idea. The explosive warning triangle reads "STALL RECOVERY CHUTE". A USAF image showing the bobbed tail cone during a LAPES drop on the Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards. Nose gear, only because I failed to take a picture of it 20 years earlier. Thanks for looking, Sven
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