F86 Annual Inspection Photos

[Misterg97]

Jerry (Mister97),
I can only imagine what it was like to see these birds in action. Do you have any pictures of your experience in Suwon? If any WIXer's see us at the upcoming shows, please stop by, say hello, and let us show you these birds up close.
David

Here's a quick picture of par of the gunnery range. This one shows an F-84 on a skip bombing run on the beach as we were right on the the Yellow sea. We had 4 10x10' targets for the machine guns (including a foul line) and the rock in the background could handle up to 1,000 lb bombs.


On a good day, we would handle up to 80 F-86's (20 flights of 4). We also handled night bombing from the carrier with F4's including a lamplighter who dropped a flare to light up the rock.

I'll have to see what I can find as we just moved from NJ to OH and I do have quite a few slides taken at the Range. Our radio call sign was "Turkey Trot" in case there are any old 86's pilots out there who might have paid a visit.

[Misterg97]

Here's a few pictures of an 86 on target





And fnally here's one of my embroidered Sabre hat

[Sabremech]

Thanks guys for the questions and answers as to how some of this stuff works. By all means I'm no expert and continue to learn more as I get more involved in the inspection.
SkymastrO2, in regards to the screens, I looked in our cockpit and we have a switch that is labeled anti ice and screens. There is an extend and retract position and anti ice. I'll need to look in our wiring diagram, but I'm going to say ours are not tied to the squat switch. I'm not sure that they are considered FOD screens. They wouldn't keep out much.
Jim, The restoration looks fantastic and ours would be an F86F-30 model with the 6-3 wing with slats. It has a GE J47-27 engine.
Jerry, I hope you can find more photos as those are excellent. Keep em coming.
Here's a couple of more photos of the normal system accumulator that I removed as it won't hold a nitrogrn charge. It was crammed in behind a lot of lines so it took a bit to get it out.


David

[retroaviation]

Geez, reminds me of working in the wheelwell of a Bearcat. You can't take anything out, without moving something else first.

Gary

[Sabremech]

Gary,
What made me nervous the most was loosening that large fuel line. I've worn and tasted enough Jet A in my career.
David

[retroaviation]

Jet A and turbine oil...two of the most foul things to be on the face of the earth. It's not that they're the absolute worst smelling things, it's just that they stick to you like white on rice and you smell like it for weeks at a time, even IF you bathe more than twice a week.

Gary

[Scott Rose]

Great Stuff David, We'll have to format this into an article soon. Maybe we can do a walkaround feature as well. Thanks for sharing.

[Sabremech]

Hi Scott,
I'm glad to do the posts. I know we all like to see Warbirds all shiny and flying, but I also like to see how they are put together. So I thought I would share what I get to see and do. I'm learning a lot from the questions and information fellow WIXers are asking and sharing. I wish I would have done a thread on the T2 inspection as I had quite a bit apart on that one as well.
Thanks and keep the questions coming.
David
www.warbirdheritagefoundation.org

[Sabremech]

Today I spent most of my time in the cockpit and through the L/H radio access panel inspecting. A few squawks and a bit of cleaning. I looked into the manual in regards to the screens and they are considered FOD screens and in our F model they are controlled by a switch on the left forward side. Since I spent so much time in the cockpit, here are some photos of the individual panels.









David

[JBrawner]

beautiful plane... i was thrilled last year to finally see one flying around, alot quieter then i was expecting but that was a good thing after hearing f-22's for almost a week solid flying around. since this is a jet post and i hate to almsot hijack it....but will any jet peopel from here be in wendover in may for the jetblast? i was asked to come out and volunteer for ground crew work since i work at an active museum. was just curious to see.

[cg51]

I am going thru my pictures getting more organized and found these of the F86 back when Mike Keenum still owned it.

[Sabremech]

Thanks for those pictures. It's one sleek looking machine on the ground and in the air. It's hard to choose my favorite between the T2 Buckeye and Sabre. Love the looks of the Sabre, but the T2 is so much more maintenance friendly.
David

[cg51]

I'm glad to see it stayed in the area, My dad did alot of metel work for Mike over the years on the F86 and the Seafury, as far as the T2 and F86 if I had the money I would have one of each

[pilot06]

Great pics. Anyone know where I can get a NOS F-86 Aircraft Data Plate?


Thank you in advance.

Patrick

[Sabremech]

That data plate may be a little hard to find Today I again spent most of my time inspecting.
This picture shows the pressurization dump valve in the middle and the canopy motor to the right.

Here's the voltage regulator crammed in a tight spot.

In this photo the 2 AC inverters are visible as well as some relays. I can reach the first inverter, but the second one is just at my finger tips. If I remove a few more parts I think I could get to it. Definitely an airplane wrapped around an engine.

David