Corporate Jets #3--The North American\Rockwell Sab

[Herman]

Borrowing heavily from the design of the F-86 Sabre the Sabreliner was a fast, high performance twin jet that has proven equally usefull in both civilian and military sectors.

Illustrated here is the Sabreliner prototype at Kansas City.
This model is by Kazumori Ito, flies great and has good panel and sunroof.




Arrival in St. Louis


The following models are Mike Stone productions








The Red Baron








On Final to R26 at Innsbruck


Herman

[dutchman2]

Where can you get the Kazumori Ito version?

[Herman]

I downloaded it from flightsim.com (can't remember the zip right now) but is probably also available at avsim.

Herman

[christrott]

My Great Uncle had a lot of time in the Sabreliner in the USAF. He flew the RF-86 in Korea and then after the war became the Operations Officer for what is now the 89th Airlift Wing (aka the Presidential Wing). When he got to fly, it was in the VC-39. The aircraft he flew is now at the National Museum for the US Air Force in Dayton. He also had time in a couple of the "Air Force One" aircraft (VC-137s for sure and I believe also the VC-118), but never with any VIP's onboard, only for doing check rides and moving the aircraft in chase of the primary.

Back on topic- he always speaks very highly of the Sabreliner and says it was his favorite mount of all the ones he flew. It had much of the agility and speed of the Sabre he flew in Korea, but if he needed, he could always get up, go get a cup of coffee, and take a leak in an actual bathroom, something unheard of in the fighter that it was spawned from.

[Herman]

Interesting account of your great uncles' experiences with the Sabrerliner and VC 137.

Herman