From: "Steve Bamford" To: "Phil Juvet" References: <3C3395F6.F229BCD5@foothill.net> Subject: Re: RCAF Sabres to QF-86 Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 09:32:44 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Unsent: 1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Steve Bamford Aircraft Resource Center http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com Live like there is no tomorrow; Love like you have never been hurt; and Dance like no one is watching! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Juvet" To: "Steve Bamford" Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 4:21 PM Subject: RCAF Sabres to QF-86 > Hi Steve > > Here are photos of RCAF Sabres in outdoor storage at Mojave Airport, > Calif. that I took in 1981. Flight Systems > International (?) is/was located at Mojave and converted the Sabres into > QF-86's for the USAF and USN > for missile practice. Later they were converting F-100's into drones > also. I don't know if the Navy got > any F-100 drones, but I have seen one F-86H drone in Navy markings. I > always enjoyed going to Mojave > Airport. They allowed the public to walk out onto the flight line. > Flight Systems had a fleet of chase/controller aircraft there. F-4's, > F-106A & B, FJ-4, F-86's, F-100D & F, and at least one T-33A. One could > walk up to these aircraft > and take pictures. Back then I never thought of getting on the ground > and photographing the wheel wells and landing > gear. I wish I could back to those days. > > Phil Juvet > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----