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Description
| Manufacturer: | North American |
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| Base model: | F-86 | ||
| Designation: | F-86 | ||
| Version: | H | ||
| Nickname: | Sabre | ||
| Designation System: | U.S. Air Force | ||
| Designation Period: | 1948-Present | ||
| Basic role: | Fighter | ||
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Specifications
| Length: | 38' 10" | 11.8 m | |
| Height: | 15' 0" | 4.5 m | |
| Wingspan: | 39' 1.5" | 11.9 m | |
| Wingarea: | 313.4 sq ft | 29.1 sq m | |
| Empty Weight: | 13,836 lb | 6,274 kg | |
| Max Weight: | 22,100 lb | 10,022 kg | |
Propulsion
| No. of Engines: | 1 | ||
| Powerplant: | General Electric J73-GE-3E | ||
| Thrust (each): | 8,920 lb | 4,045 kg | |
Performance
| Max Speed: | 692 mph | 1,114 km/h | 602 kt |
| Climb: | 12,900 ft/min | 3,931 m/min | |
| Ceiling: | 50,800 ft | 15,483 m | |
Known serial numbers
Examples of this type may be found at
| Museum | City | State |
| Canon AFB | Canon AFB | New Mexico |
| Castle Air Museum | Atwater | California |
| Delaware ANG - 166th AG, New Castle | Wilmington | Delaware |
| Hanscom AFB | Hanscom AFB | Massachusetts |
| Langley A.F.B. Air Park | Langley AFB | Virginia |
| March Field Air Museum | Riverside | California |
| Maryland ANG - 175th FG, Baltimore | Baltimore | Maryland |
| Museum of Aviation | Warner Robins AFB | Georgia |
| New York ANG - 174th FW, Syracuse | Syracuse ANGB | New York |
| Pima Air & Space Museum | Tucson | Arizona |
| South Carolina ANG - 169th FG, McEntire ANGB | Columbia | South Carolina |
| South Dakota Air and Space Museum | Ellsworth AFB | South Dakota |
| Strategic Air Command Museum | Ashland | Nebraska |
| The Air Museum "Planes of Fame" | Chino | California |
| United States Air Force Museum | Wright-Patterson | Ohio |
| West Virginia ANG - 167th AG, Martinsburg | Martinsburg | West Virginia |
| Wings Over The Rockies Aviation & Space Museum | Denver | Colorado |
| Wisconsin ANG - HQ | Volk ANGB | Wisconsin |
F-86H on display
Castle Air Museum | Langley A.F.B. Air Park | March Field Museum | Museum of Aviation | |
New York ANG - 174th FW, Syracuse | Pima Air & Space Museum | South Carolina ANG - 169th FG, McEntire ANGB | Strategic Air Command Museum | |
The Air Museum "Planes of Fame" | United States Air Force Museum | West Virginia ANG - 167th AG, Martinsburg | Wings Over The Rockies Aviation & Space Museum |
Recent comments by our visitors
| Neil Taboada , KY | sildenafil generic generic viagra viagra 06/17/2008 @ 00:09 [ref: 21441] |
| Willliam Kinkel minneapolis, MN | I wrote a note on working on the F86H at Edwards and said that a cotter key had vibrated off, I meant a nut had vibrated off due to it not having a cotter key. A really bad error. I was on leave at the time Mc Connell was killed. Seen the remains of the plane in the East Hanger, it was on a flat bed of a truck, all in pieces.
Bill Kinkel. 06/08/2008 @ 19:38 [ref: 21211] |
| Willliam Kinkel minneapolis, MN | I wrote a note on working on the F86H at Edwards and said that a cotter key had vibrated off, I meant a nut had vibrated off due to it not having a cotter key. A really bad error. I was on leave at the time Mc Connell was killed. Seen the remains of the plane in the East Hanger, it was on a flat bed of a truck, all in pieces.
Bill Kinkel. 06/08/2008 @ 19:37 [ref: 21210] |
| John R. Peters NEWTON, MA | An Aircraft Mechanic/Crew-chief in the USAF (1956-1959), I served at Toul-Rosiere AFB in France. My outfit was the 81st Fighter-Bomber Squadron of the 50th Fighter-Bomber Wing of the Tactical Air Command. 04/03/2008 @ 04:02 [ref: 20324] |
| John R. Peters NEWTON, MA | An Aircraft Mechanic/Crew-chief in the USAF (1956-1959), I served at Toul-Rosiere AFB in France. My outfit was the 81st Fighter-Bomber Squadron of the 50th Fighter-Bomber Wing of the Tactical Air Command. 04/03/2008 @ 03:47 [ref: 20323] |
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| william e kinkel minneapolis, MN | I was staioned at Edwards Air Force base in California from August of 1953 to November of 1955 and worked on the F 86h. We had 3 of them and lost 2. There was a Capt Henry that crash landed on the dry lake, survived the crash, came in with his wheels up. Got out of the cockpit and stood up on the wing, was about to jump to the ground and the plane caught fire, Capt Henry was burned, I do not know what happened to him. The second plane was piloted by Capt O Connell and Korean ace that shot down 15 enemy planes.His plane was flying along and he lost his controls, rumors that his controls fell off due to a cotter key vibrated off. HE was told to eject and again rumors flew that he said that he would bring the plane in on the trim tab. He was found on the ground and he was still strapped in his seat and that his chute was just starting to open, He died soon after.
I do not remember that this plane had a radar dome such as was on the D model. Thank you Bill Kinkel P S That might have been Mc Connell. 11/30/2007 @ 14:27 [ref: 18735] |
| John J Panoski SCOTIA, NY | To correct some comments about the F-86H; The powerplant was a General Electric J-73, and was Flight Tested at the GE Facility in Schenectady NY. The F-86H was the only aircraft to have this powerplant, which was the "Grandaddy" of the more potent GE J-79. I have a picture of this engine (J-73) slung from the bomb bay of a B-29 with all 4 props "feathered" pushing the airplane over Lake Ontario ! Also the "H" model never had a large radome like the "D" model F-86 and the one reffered to by the gentleman was probably a "K" or "L" model which improved on the "D". 11/23/2007 @ 16:59 [ref: 18647] |
| D B Herbert Lomita, CA | Not sure where you folks are coming from. In my experience as a North American employee back in the mid 1950s, the F86H was a modification of the F86D with extended wings and updated electronics. Both the F86D and the F86H had the large radome on the front unlike the F86A-F86F series. In fact, the F86D was a completely redesigned airplane and the H was a relatively minor modification. None of the pictures on your website are representative of the F86Hs that I worked on.
10/20/2007 @ 13:27 [ref: 18250] |
| Charlie Bumstead Kearney, MO | I flew the F86H in the Puerto Rico ANG from 1965 until 1968 when we received the F104. I loved the H model more than any aircraft I have ever flown. In travelling from San Juan to Miami and the reverse, the H would get up to 50k and above. It was a stable gun platform and would turn with the best. Maintenance was easy and the sircraft was very reliable. The mechs in Puerto Rico were first class, as were the pilots and ops personnel.There's nothing like the H model F86. It was truly the sportscar of the fighters. 05/15/2007 @ 13:41 [ref: 16490] |
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