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Hobby Master 1:72 North American F-100D Super Sabre USAF Skyblazers, 1960

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$119.95
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C2-6-3-HA2124
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Hobby Master 1:72 North American F-100D Super Sabre USAF Skyblazers, 1960

Hobby Master 1:72 North American F-100D Super Sabre USAF Skyblazers, 1960
$119.95

This model comes with a decal sheet

Designed as a high-performance evolution of the F-86 Sabre, the F-100 Super Sabre was first flown on May 25, 1953. This swept-wing aircraft was the first in the "Century Series" and the first operational USAF aircraft capable of supersonic speed in level flight. It was adapted for use as a fighter-bomber and was the Air Force's primary close-support aircraft through much of the Vietnam War. Despite its promise, the F-100 proved to be a dangerous aircraft, by the end of its USAF service in 1972, a total of 889 F-100s had been lost in accidents, claiming the lives of 324 pilots.

The "Skyblazers" began in 1949 when 3 pilots flying from Malta to Germany decided to try some formation flying and later aerobatics. Eventually USAFE HQ ordered an aerobatic team to be formed and the team received a fourth aircraft. The maneuver that lived up to the name "Skyblazers" began in 1960 when their F-100s would do a gear down slow pass and then they would use the after-burner and suddenly climb leaving a 10 meter flaming trail. The team disbanded in 1964.

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