F-86 Sabre Flyby

by Rick Bures

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F-86 Sabre Flyby

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Rick Bures

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F-86 Sabre Flyby. In this horizontal composition, the venerable F-86 Sabre fighter jet flies by low over the runway, the sun glinting off its mirrored finish. The close shot combines with the motion-freezing fast shutter speed to preserve a lot of detail, and the pilot is clearly visible in the cockpit. The depth of field is controlled so that the background treeline is out of focus, helping to isolate the subject. I am struck by how this makes the full-size airplane appear as if it were a model. The F-86 Sabre, or Sabrejet, was built by North American Aviation. It was developed in the late 1940’s and fought the Soviet MiG-15 in the skies of Korea as America’s first swept-wing jet fighter. Originally powered by by a General Electric J47-GE-7 engine producing 5200 foot pounds of thrust (and later by the General Electric J73-GE-3 engine producing 9250 foot pounds of thrust), the North American F-86 Sabre was capable of speeds approaching 700 mph, and a climb rate of 9000 feet per minute taking it quickly up to its fully-loaded service ceiling of nearly 50,000 feet. It had a length and wingspan of 37 feet. Depending on the variant, the F-86 could carry 2000 lbs of bombs, or five inch rockets. The Sabre was armed with six .50 inch M3 Browning machine guns in the nose and later on with four 20mm cannons. This F-86 photo is from the 2015 Oregon International Air Show. See also my other photos of F-86 Sabres, as well as many other classic, military, and stunt aircraft.

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July 12th, 2017

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