Dan

I hate to say it but in '52 there were no F-86's on Willie Airpatch. I
was a Jet Instrutor there and only jets we had were F-80A/B's and
T-33's. None were supersonic under any flight condition.

The closest F-85's were at Nellis.

Big John

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On Wed, 17 May 2006 06:39:31 -0500, "Dan Luke"
wrote:


"Kyle Boatright" wrote:
..the F-86, with far more engine power and a swept wing was *barely*
supersonic, and only in a steep dive.

Back in 1952, I was a little kid living on Williams AFB in Arizona. In
those days, nobody made so much fuss about noise, and the F-86 jocks on the
base regularly made everyone jump with mach 1+ dives. We kids loved it.