Re: North American F-100 Super Sabre

[Byker]

"Miloch" wrote in message ...
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> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_F-100_Super_Sabre

Don't forget the XF-107 spinoff. I remember having a 1/72 plastic model of
this one. I wondered if the pilots were nervous about being sucked into the
intake if they had to punch out.

Also: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVKeme4bW30

[Miloch]

In article >, Byker says...
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>"Miloch" wrote in message ...
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>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_F-100_Super_Sabre
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>Don't forget the XF-107 spinoff. I remember having a 1/72 plastic model of
>this one. I wondered if the pilots were nervous about being sucked into the
>intake if they had to punch out.
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>Also: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVKeme4bW30

I saw it but but didn't include it as it never got past prototype stage.
According to wiki, only three made and eventually lost out to what would become
the F-105 as the new Air Force tactical fighter.

I would think the whole seat ejected without any worry of getting sucked into
the intake.





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[Byker]

"Miloch" wrote in message ...
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> According to wiki, only three made

And one of them was dumped at the end of the runway overrun at the Orange
County Airport (now John Wayne International) along with a heaps of old
PBYs and other obsolete planes that we could see as we drove by from the
roadway below c.1960.

At least these looked flyable.