F-86 Korean war personal markings

Enzo Matrix · 2006-10-06T17:30:55+00:00

I'm very excited! I've tried out this Alclad2 stuff. It's brilliant!!!Now I want to build a natural metal aircraft, so I've chosen the F-86. (Yes, I *know* that I'm teetering on a slippery slope! :-) )Anyroads... I'm not a big fan of special markings - I much prefer a plain line jet. I'm also not a fan of huge flashy personal markings. Small discreet ones I can handle, but when they are massive great big pictures on the side of a jet, I get a bit turned off by them.The problem is that every Korean War F-86 decal sheet has these great big personal markings. I guess they must be popular... ;-)So... how likely is it that these aircraft would have flown missions *after* the squadron markings were applied, but *before* the personal markings were applied? The aircraft I'm thinking of in particular is F-86E-10 51-2834, 335 FIS/ 2 FIW, flown by Captain Clifford D Jolley. Did it ever fly without that hideous skull and crossbones on the fuselage side?

Oct 06, 2006 26 Replies

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Allen Epps 19 years ago

Sorry......

.8 = 800 lbs of fuel = approx 120 gallons which does not get you far in any fighter

.4 = 24 minutes of flight time

Fat fingered means he added a bit of time to the actual "real" flight time to make the number a little larger. The two hours of hassle of planning, briefing, getting dressed and manning up for that short a flight made many of us add a tenth or two to a flight for the effort.

An additional point is the jet was towed to the end of the runway to save fuel used in normal start-up and taxi.

Pugs

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Gordon McLaughlin 19 years ago

Thanks!

Gordon McLaughlin

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Rufus 19 years ago

Totally clear to me...

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Enzo Matrix 19 years ago

Auuuuuuugggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

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Enzo Matrix 19 years ago

Tornados have a fuel tank in the fin. When they first entered service in the RAF, the engines were so fuel inefficient that taxying to the end of the runway and take-off would empty the fin tank. The fin tank was always the first to be used as when it was empty the CG of the aircraft would move forward and make the jet much easier to handle.

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maiesm72 19 years ago

Forgive me for going back to the original post.

USAF F-86s > Allen Epps wrote:

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Rufus 19 years ago

Actually, F/A-18s have fuel tanks in the tails, too...but they are vent tanks.

...and it's not uncommon for the external tanks on most fighters (that I've worked around) to be 1/2 full or empty by takeoff.

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