Talk:F-100 Super Sabre
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In response to the guy below, your pictures sound interesting and would, in my opinion, add to the article significantly so register and upload them! On another note, the article says: The modifications cost US$8 million. Is this the cost per unit or in total? Hydraton31 16:36, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
I was the night instrumentation and electrical crew chief on the first flight of the x f100 .It broke the sound barior on its first flight. I have a pix of this ship with night crew the night after the first flight. I retired after 41 years 10 years in flight test, and the remaning in wind tunnel testing. any one interested give me a buzz.
500 out of 1,200-odd F-100D's crashed? That sounds *awfully* high to me... --Robert Merkel 23:03 25 Jun 2003 (UTC)
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[edit] Flight test accident
If someone knows the story of how NAA test pilot George Welch was killed dive-testing the prototype, that would be a useful addition.
[edit] Kind words about the Hun
Is there anything kind to be said about the Hun other than it was fast for its time? The overall impression per my sources is that it was a wretched contraption that never flew right and never worked right. - Emt147 Burninate! 21:05, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
Former Hun pilots seem to be a fraternity primarily because they are survivors. I can't figure out why TAC bought so many of the things.--RandallC 12:02, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Dates and things
I've just removed a reference to the F-100 flying with NATO and other US allies "in the late 21st century" - I considered changing that to "late 20th century" but given the dates (the 70s, by the look of the article) that could be misleading.
Throughout the rest of the article, dates are given in the format yyyy-mm-dd which reads really oddly in an encyclopedia article. I'm happy to go through and change them, but can anyone tell me what the correct format is as per the style guide? I can't find the reference. Brickie 12:01, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
- Good catch on the 21st Century thing. The yyyy-mm-dd format only reads oddly when you edit the article. Wikipedia automatically formats dates based on user preference (e.g. month-date in Europe and date-month in the US) and this format is the best for consistent correct formatting. - Emt147 Burninate! 19:40, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Project High Wire
I can provide this article with detailed lists of additions/deletions/changes from the 'dash 1' Flight Manual for C, D, and F models of all the High Wire Mods. Would this info be tedious reading and/or worthwhile to our readers and researchers?? I can easily copy/paste from my own computer all this text and y'all can edit-out minor data. Your opinions and suggestions would be most appreciated. LanceBarber 04:38, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Error in Specifications Section
The orthographically projected diagram of the F-100 Super Sabre is in error. The front view is of a F-86 Sabre Jet, not the F-100. Someone with a good graphic package and skills could modify this for us. Thank you, LanceBarber 17:48, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
- Compare F-86 3-view. I think you'll see a great difference between the two, and that the F-100 image is correct. - BillCJ 23:12, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
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- You are right, they are different between the two drawings. No question. However, I'ver been around and working on a F-100D 56-3417 at the Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum(previously Lowry Heritage Museum) for 20 years. I've uploaded one of my photos of 417 for comparsion. The drawing does not give justice to the unique identifiable shape of the in-take.
- I suppose the drawings are good enough for comparision, and not for details as I would like. I'll stand corrected. Feel free to revert my comments and mark my photo for deletion. I also made the same comment in the Talk:Century series article. Thank you. LanceBarber 01:07, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
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- No problem. You might try User:Emoscopes/Requests. This user makes three-views by request. That page gives the information he will need. Try him, and he can probably produce a 3-view that will be better than the existing one. THe photo is actually a nice shot of the Voodoo, except for the Hun sitting in the way ;) . While the Hun is really too dark to see in that shot, you can probably take other pics that would good to post on the Commons pages of the planes that are there. - BillCJ 01:20, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
Hello all You people,
I have some technical questions about the navigation, landing and collision lights. I'm building a model of the F-100D with all lights working, but I don't know were all lights are located, colours and frequency of the strobelights (if they are there). Can, please, someone help me.
Regards and thanks,
Henk Menger henk.menger@xs4all.nl
[edit] Sabre or Saber?
Might be a dumb question but it has always puzzled me why the Hun is called Sabre and not Saber which is IMO the correct US way to spell it. It was odd to name it Super Sabre when it is only remotely like the F86 Sabre.
Other points. There is I believe at least another F100 in the UK. One used to be gate guard at Lakenheath which may have been moved to RAF Croughton (see Google Earth). Of course there's one in the USAF Museum at Duxford.
Plus there used to be a company employing white painted Huns from Bournemouth Airport - saw one at RIAT in 1995-ish. Target duties I think.
Fascinating plane but a very 'hot ship'. Royzee (talk) 16:02, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
- From Mer.-Web. online dictionary: ....Etymology: French sabre, modification of German dialect Sabel, from Middle High German, probably of Slavic origin; akin to Russian sablya saber Date: 1680.
- Since Boeing bought out North American, check Boeing.com for further history on the Super Sabare. Cheers. LanceBarber (talk) 21:27, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
