Hmm.. One could cheat on this image - Google brings up tail number 25016....
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Would that be the TF-86F, a two-seater version of the F-86 Sabre?
EDIT: And I think I found the original image.
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Indeed it is, the TF-86F Transonic Trainer.
Only two were ever built, both were conversions from single seat fighters. North American was hoping to capitalize on the success of the F-86F, but this was not to be. Instead the two seat version of the F-100 was ordered.
The one in the picture chrashed, and the USAF approved a second conversion, this one served as a chase plane at Edwards AFB for a number of years before being scrapped. This ship was converted from the last F-86F ever built, tail # 53-1228 One fun fact is that a Gentleman by the name of Bob Hoover was involved in these projects.
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Here is another photo of the beauty:
Les sanglots longs des violons de l'automne blessent mon coeur d'une langueur monotone.
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Originally posted by ced ampo View PostThat was quick. Hats off!
Let us see, how many a/c do I know, that would deserve a b/w photography...
This is not a jet. And what do we see, two or three passenger windows?
But it's not a flightboat. And it's not
?The German long haul is alive since 1955, 69 years and still kicking.
The Gold Member in the 747 club, 50 years since the first LH 747.
And constantly advanced, 744 and 748 /w upper and lower EICAS.
This is Lohausen International speaking (est.1927), echo delta delta lima.
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It's beginning (with those windows), to look like the caravan that James Mays of UK's Top Gear "piloted" under a gas bag in one of their episodes.
Now is when Brian will post a very obscure component in the lower left, like a tie down since he's aware of his audience's total frustration.Live, from a grassy knoll somewhere near you.
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