[SEL] OT: F86Sabre

[Charles R Bryant]

I worked with Bob Hoover at Palmdale and Edwards AFB in California from 1954
to 1957.
 In the  70's I went to 2 Paris Air Shows, 2 Hanover,Germany shows and the
Reno,Nevada Air
Races with him.He is one of the few old test pilots I still know . I don't
know any old Crop
Duster Pilots because like a lot of Test Pilots they  "Went West" before
they got old..
("Went West" meaning they were killed in crashes or have died). After
getting involved
in the engine hobby I managed to co-ordinate a few of my trips with engine
shows and
swap meets in that area (can you imagine going to engine shows and swap
meets on
an airplane expence account).

Charlie Bryant
Jay, Maine
(back where I started from)


---- Original Message ----- 
From: "Listerdiesel" <listerdiesel at gmail.com>
To: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 12:05 PM
Subject: Re: [SEL] OT: F86Sabre


> On 12/21/05, FRM8198 at aol.com <FRM8198 at aol.com> wrote:
> > Rob,
> > In the late '50s, I worked for North American Aviation at  Fresno.  Our
main
> > effort was modifying F-86Ds into F-86Ls.  We  also did some work on
F-86Ks.
> > The K models were the hot rod of the F-86  series.
> > Bob Hoover really could put these planes through maneuvers that  many
pilots
> > thought impossible.  I watch him clover leaf one at an air  show.
> >
> > Francis  Maciel
> > Santa Maria, CA
> >
>
> Bob Hoover figures a lot in the Yeager autobiography, it's a very good
> book and well worth reading.
>
> Peter
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