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![]() "Matt Barrow" 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. Been back to Williams lately? My BIL lives about three miles from there. http://www.airnav.com/airport/KIWA I heard it had turned civilian some years ago. Williams was heaven for officers' brats: a whole desert full of tarantulas and scorpions to play in and an O-Club pool to swim in. |
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