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F-86 Sabre on lakebed, front view F-86 Sabre on lakebed, front view
Photo Number: E-1326
Photo Date: 1954
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Description:		 With the NACA High-Speed Flight Station (HSFS) main building (4800) in the background the North American F-86F (Serial #52-5426) Sabre sits on the Rogers Dry lakebed just off the NACA ramp in 1954. This was soon after the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics unit moved from South Base at Edwards Air Force Base to the new building that still houses the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, successor to the HSFS.
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Description:		 The F-86F performed both pitch-up research and duties as a chase aircraft for the D-558-2. Its stay at the HSFS was brief. It arrived on June 23, 1954, and left on September 10 the same year.

The F-86 had a 35 degree sweptwing and a wing span of 37 feet 1 inch with a General Electric J47-GE engine. It was the first U.S. sweptwing fighter and saw extensive action in the Korean War. It could slightly exceed Mach 1 in a dive.
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Keywords: F-86; NACA High-Speed Flight Station; North American F-86F Sabre; Rogers Dry lakebed; General Electric; NASA Dryden Flight Research Center; pitch up; National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics; Edwards Air Force Base

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