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Is that an F-86 Sabre on the left, Glenn? And, what does "Wagga"
mean, is it the name of the air museum/park where you took these
pictures?

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Yes and No, It's the Australian CAC version of the F-86.
Just it was better than the F-86 as is most of teh aircraft
Australia gets.
Aussie mods always work better ;-)

That's because they have 10 extra years of development |:O)

Jack G.

that's because we buy American. It's 10 years late by the time they
get to us. We have a lot to think about how we'll do it :-)

Hey! It takes us Yanks ten years to figure out how to make 'em fly upside
down for you guys!

Except for Political favours like the C-17 (yeah that one's going to
cop me a lot of flak) ;-)

Although I think we are slowly learning. We don't seem to be getting a
lot of american aircraft anymore, and strangely enough, neiher is the
USAF ;-)

Bit of a sore point here in Seattle...

Jokes aside though, I do love the USAF. I would have loved to have a
been a photographer there during the 50's and 60's

I wish you had, too.

I'm also very impressed with the way the Kiwis souped up their Skyhawks
(before they decided they didn't really need a defense force.)