April 9, 2024
Hobby Master HA2120A North American F-100D Super Sabre, #55-3731 USAF 31st TFW
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AIRshows America is proud to bring you another beautiful, detailed, high quality diecast model airplane from Hobby Master Models.Hobby Master Air Power Collection HA2120ASpecial Edition Pilot Signature Version1:72 Scale Diecast Metal Model AirplaneNorth American F-100D Super Sabre, #55-3731USAF 31st Tactical Fighter Wing, 474th Fighter SquadronPilot: Joe Engle,George AFB, California, August 1958Joseph Henry "Joe" Engle was born in 1932 in Abilene, Kansas. In 1958 he earned his pilot wings and was assigned to the 474th Fighter Day Squadron located at George AFB flying the North American F-100 Super Sabre. He became a USAF Test Pilot, test flew the X-15 rocket airplane, at 32 he was the youngest man to become an astronaut. In November 1981 he commanded the Shuttle Columbia and retired a Major General in 1986 having spent 224 hours in space. He has flown more than 180 different aircraft types and logged nearly 14,000 flight hours.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,
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