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North American F-86D-1-NA Sabre(dog) 50-455
3/19/1951 accepted by USAF
3/19/1951 to North American Aviation (NAMIC) at Inglewood, CA
9/1/1954 aircraft terminated


North American F-86D-5-NA Sabre(dog) 50-509 NASA 205
509 (MSN 165-55) 9/19/1952 accepted by U.S. Air Force 9/23/1952 to 6510th Air Base Wing at Edwards AFB, CA. Used as chase plane at Edwards AFB, CA. 3/5/1953 accident at Edwards AFB, CA Assigned to NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards AFB, CA. Assigned to NACA Ames Aeronautical Laboratory, NAS Moffett Field, CA Jan 6, 1955 to Apr 3, 1956. Modified with gun sight tracking displays. Assigned to NACA Langley Research Center, Langley Field, VA
Apr 6, 1956 to Jul 12, 1960. Registered as NACA 205. WFU Jul 12, 1960 Salvage Langley AFB, VA

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Note that 50-455 has an early iteration of the fin/jetpipe fairing: it was used to test a number of configurations, including a low-set tailplane and upper fuselage speed brakes. It was destroyed in a ground accident at Inglewood.