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F-100A on lakebed F-100A on lakebed
Photo Number: E-2097
Photo Date: 1959
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Description: North American F-100A (52-5778) Super Sabre sitting on the Rogers dry lakebed, 1959. Pitch-up could be overcome by several "fixes", but the problems and cost outweighed the potential benefits. The obvious conclusion from NACA High-Speed Flight Station testing as to the desirability of the low horizontal tail surface led to that configuration's becoming standard on the first-generation supersonic sweptwing fighters such as the F-100 Super Sabre.
Keywords: F-100; North American F-100A Super Sabre; F-100 Super Sabre; NACA High-Speed Flight Station

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