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...from the U.S. Air Force recently went a brief announcement: the U.S. was sending the first North American F-100 Super Sabrejet fighters to units in Europe; three demonstration planes were already overseas, with full squadrons to follow soon. The news caused little splash, yet it was one of the most significant announcements of the jet age. It meant that the whole new breed of radically advanced "century" series jets was coming into service...
Under Wraps. As the first of the centuries, North American's F-100 is as great a leap over its F-86 Sabrejet of Korean war fame as the Sabre itself was over World War II's P-51 Mustang. Long and lethal-looking with 45° swept-back wings, the F-100 is the first operational fighter-and fighter bomber-to crack the sound barrier in level flight, broke the official world's record by flying 822 m.p.h. last year. Even then it was under wraps; estimates are that it can top 1,000 m.p.h. with...
...endorsement and getting the planes into the air were two different things. Today's planes are incredibly complex and expensive. For example, North American's World War II Mustang fighter cost $50,000 in production, and had 500 electrical connections. North American's F-86 Sabrejet costs $240,000 and has 6,000 electrical connections ("Each of these," moans North American's Board Chairman Dutch Kindelberger, "is a method of connecting one source of trouble with another"). The K-1 electronic bombing system used in the Boeing B-47 and Convair B-36 costs more than...
Baffled too are many of the aerodynamic experts who work for the great aircraft manufacturers of Southern California. Some of them, led by Ed Sullivan; a technical writer for North American Aviation, Inc., builders of the Sabrejet, have formed an organization called the Civilian Saucer Investigation to give proper scientific analysis to the swarming rumors. The organization maintains a post-office box (Box 1971, Main Post Office, Los Angeles 53), and invites all "sighters" to report accurately everything odd they...
...good are the Russian jets? The only one U.S. pilots have met is the MIG-15, and they treat it with respect. Nothing can catch it except the U.S. F-86 Sabrejet, and then only under 30,000 feet. It has a more powerful engine, is lighter, more maneuverable, can climb faster than the F-86. U.S. pilots have knocked the MIGs down with shooting-gallery precision, partly because U.S. pilots are better trained, have the advantage of a much better electronic gunsight. Even so, every once in a while, a special flight of red-nosed MIGs scrambles up from...
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