Warbird Information Exchange

The F-86H is 52-2057; the F-86F is 52-5303. These are the only two that Walt owned.

Ah.


Thanks to the Surviving Sabres site, we can clear things up. "Blue Canyon" was the location of the plane at the Socorro, NM compound; it went from there to Ontario, OR and from there to the present location.

http://yocumusa.com/sweetrose//duncan/i ... 1/usa1.htm

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All right, Mister Dorfmann, start pullin'!
Pilot: "Flap switch works hard in down position."
Mechanic: "Flap switch checked OK. Pilot needs more P.T." - Flight report, TB-17G 42-102875 (Hobbs AAF)

Good info there!

These 2 were at Anoka in storage with the American Wings Mohawks. I think I took these in the spring of 1998.
Scan0006 by Bryan Darnell, on Flickr

Scan0005 by Bryan Darnell, on Flickr

-5303 plus two other F-86Fs were at Anoka, not the F-86H. Doing a good job of unstraightening things here!

A number of you have raised questions about the F-86H fuselage that is listed as part of the my late father Dr. Walter V. Powell's aviation collection (Western PA Warbirds Museum) at auction near Mercer, Pennsylvania on July 18th. IT is NOT the same aircraft that was once on display at Valiant Air Command in Titusville--that static display restoration was moved to the Western PA Warbirds Museum and then later sold. The more recent F-86H front fuselage, as is, was a more recent purchase, and your comments on its origins have been helpful.
Appreciate also the chatter about mislabeled parts (and instruments). The P-47 cockpit windshield has been corrected, with serial number noted. And some others. There will be quite a few F-86 parts at this sale, without adequate time to list them online, or necesssarily describe them--so all the more benefit to those that can attend. Keep 'Em Flying, Folks! Regards, Dr. Walter L. Powell