Hard to say just from some pictures. It looks from the
pictures as though they had an uncontained engine failure.


"Morgans" wrote in message
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| "Jim Macklin" wrote
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| newswkxg.84103$ZW3.20817@dukeread04...
| Late 1948-49 technology, under-powered, heat limited. I
| remember the ANG F84F flown near my home, five miles
from
| the airport. In the summer, they would struggle to get
to
| 1,000 AGL 5 miles after take-off. The F86 wasn't much
| better.
| I'm going to guess it was engine related, failure, bird
| ingestion, or maybe hydraulics.
|
| This one had a larger engine. I think I remember
something about a 6 model?
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| Jim in NC
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