NORTH AMERICAN FIAT F-86K ITALIAN AF AERONAUTICA MILITAIRE ITALIANA AMI AW FIGHT

Description: Payment | Shipping NORTH AMERICAN FIAT F-86K ITALIAN AF AERONAUTICA MILITAIRE ITALIANA AMI AW FIGHT NORTH AMERICAN FIAT F-86K ITALIAN AF AERONAUTICA MILITAIRE ITALIANA AMI ALL-WEATHER JET FIGHTER MONOGRAFIE AERONAUTICHE ITALIANE SOFTBOUND BOOK 44 PAGES TEXT IS IN ITALIAN. HEAVILY ILLUSTRATED DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING FFAR FOLDING FIN AERIAL ROCKETS FIRE CONTROL SYSTEM F-86D SPEED RECORDS DRAG CHUTE INSTALLATION ALL-WEATHER BOMBER KILLER AIRPLANE DIMENSIONS / ACCESS PANELS INSTRUMENT PANEL / FUSELAGE SIDE PANELS / COCKPIT CONSOLES EJECTION SEAT SYSTEM SPEED BRAKE / PILOTS STEP GENERAL ELECTRIC J47 JET ENGINE DETAILS TAIL MODIFICATIONS / REFAIRED AFT FUSELAGE RADAR OPERATION ROCKET SYSTEM NOSE LANDING GEAR / MAIN LANDING GEAR NORTH AMERICAN F-86K EXPORT SABRE DOG F-86K GUN NOSE DETAILS / PILOTS INSTRUMENT PANEL / RIGHT HAND & LEFT-HAND CONSOLES --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Additional Information from Internet Encyclopedia In the early 1950s, the air forces of America's NATO allies had an urgent need for a high-performance interceptor capable of meeting the perceived Soviet bomber threat. As the highest-performance interceptor in the US inventory, the F-86D was a natural choice. However, the advanced Hughes E-4 fire-control system of the F-86D was considered too sensitive for export overseas, lest Soviet intelligence get their hands on it. In addition, the USAF was at that time experiencing troubles of its own with the maintenance and reliability of the E-4, and it was thought that it was not a good idea to burden America's NATO allies with such a troublesome and unreliable system, advanced though it might be. The F-86K was an simplified version of the F-86D interceptor designed to meet this need. On January 22, 1953, NAA was informed by the USAF that they would like to have Italy manufacture an interceptor that would be similar in configuration to the F-86D but would have cannon armament instead of the FFARs. It should have a simpler fire control system and carry a crew of two rather than just one. North American replied that a two-seat version of the F-86D would be much too costly and time-consuming to design, and proposed instead that the single-seat format of the F-86D be retained, but in a simplified version. The USAF accepted North American's suggestion, and the project was given the company designation of NA-205. In place of the E-4 fire control system, NAA came up with a new MG-4 fire control system designed for operation with a quartet of 20-mm M-24A1 cannon with 132 rpg. Although this system was less complex than the E-4, it nevertheless retained the APG-37 nose radar. The new simplified system still permitted the use of the same lead-pursuit attack strategy employed by the F-86D, automatically computing the firing range for the cannon and automatically displaying the suggested breakaway time. A modified AC type A-4 gunsight assembly was to be installed. Two government-furnished F-86D-40-NAs were allocated to the NA-205 project. Serials were 52-3630 and 52-3804. Work on the project began on May 14, 1953. The designation YF-86K was applied to the two planes. On May 16, 1953, a license agreement was reached with Fiat in which the F-86K would be assembled in Italy from US-supplied components. Two days later, a contract committed MDAP funds for 50 sets of F-86K parts that would be manufactured by NAA in California but assembled in Italy by Fiat. This contract was known on company records as NA-207. Since these aircraft were purchased with MDAP funds, they were given USAF serial numbers, although they never actually served with the USAF. These serials were 53-8273/8322. According to the terms of the contract, these Italian-assembled F-86Ks were to be supplied to France's Armee de l'Air, to the newly-revived West German Luftwaffe, as well as to Italy's own newly-organized Aeronautica Militare. The air forces of Holland and Norway later joined the program. However, in order to get quantity production underway as soon as possible, 120 F-86Ks were to be assembled in California by NAA under contract NA-213 approved on December 18, 1953. These planes were to be supplied to Norway and the Netherlands, but these aircraft were carried on USAF books with serials 54-1231 thru 54-1350 since they were purchased with MDAP funds. The first YF-86K (53-3630) flew on July 15, 1954, piloted by NAA test pilot Raymond Morris. It had the same engine as the F-86D-40-NA, a J47-GE-17B. The internal fuel tankage remained the same, at 610 US gallons. Like the F-86D, it could carry a pair of 120 US gallon drop tanks on underwing pylons. In order to make room for the 20-mm cannon and their ammunition, the YF-86K differed from the D in having a slightly longer nose (40.9 feet as opposed to 40.3 feet), and the gun bays and muzzle ports were cut into the forward fuselage. Large vent holes were cut into the gun bay doors to relieve the gun gas buildup that had been such a problem in Korea. The afterburning J47 engine had the same electronic fuel control system as was found in the USAF F-86D. All of the other major assemblies found in the F-86D were replicated on the YF-86K, including the wing, the wing leading edge slats, the landing gear, the tail assembly (including the drag chute) and the flight control systems. Both of the YF-86Ks were shipped to Italy after initial tests. The first North American-built F-86K (54-1231) made its maiden flight on March 8, 1955. The 120 NA-213 aircraft were manufactured in California from April to December 1955. One F-86K was kept in the USA for test work, but 60 were delivered to Norway's Kongelige Norske Flyvapen and 59 went to the Netherlands' Koninklijke Nederlandse Luchtmacht. North American shipped 50 sets of F-86K parts to Italy for assembly under the NA-207 contract. The first of the Fiat-assembled F-86Ks (MM6185/53-8273) was flown on May 23, 1955, with NAA representative Col. Arthur de Bolt at the controls. More sets of F-86K parts were delivered to Italy under the following contracts: NA-221 (70 aircraft, August 1954, 55-4811/4880) NA-232 (56 aircraft, July 1955, 55-4881/4936) NA-242 (45 aircraft, December 1955, 56-4116/4160) The NA-242 batch differed from the previous batches by having the extended wing leading edges and wingtips of the F-86F-40-NA, increasing wingspan from 37.1 to 39.1 feet and wing area from 287.9 to 313.37 square feet. Many previous Fiat-assembled F-86Ks were modified in the field to bring them up to the NA-242 standard. Aeronautica Militare Italiana: Both of the US-assembled YF-86Ks and 63 of the Fiat-assembled F-86Ks were delivered to Italy's Aeronautica Militare Italiana (AMI) in 1956-57, equipping the 1o Aerobrigata. The first two operational aircraft (MM6192/6193) were delivered from Turin on November 2, 1955. The first unit to receive the F-86K was 6 Gruppo Caccia Ogni Tempo of 1 Stormo at Istrana. The following gruppi flew the F-86K: 6 Gruppo/1 Stormo, 17 Gruppo/1 Stormo, 23 Gruppo/1 Stormo, 21 Gruppo/51 Aerobrigata, 22 Gruppo/51 Aerobrigata, 12 Gruppo/4 Aerobrigata. The final AMI F-86K was delivered by Fiat in October of 1957. Serials of Fiat-built F-86Ks delivered to the AMI were MM6185/6234 (53-8273/8322), MM6235/6237 (55-4811/4813), plus the following planes which had no MM serials allocated: 55-4871, 4880, 4889/4893, 4903, and 4905/4906. These were later joined by 22 former French F-86Ks in 1962. These planes were not assigned MM numbers, and had the USAF serials 55-4815, 4818/4821, 4824, 4829/4830, 4832, 4833, 4837, 4843, 4844, 4846, 4854, 4858/4860, 4863, 4865, 4868, and 4869. Eight more Ks were transferred to the AMI from the Netherlands in 1963. These were 54-1249, 1256, 1261, 1275, 1288, 1292, 1297, and 1315. Phaseout of the AMI F-86K began during 1964, when Italian Air Force units began transitioning to the F-104 Starfighter. The last AMI F-86K was withdrawn from service in July of 1973. Payment Back to Top I accept the following forms of payment: PayPal Shipping & Handling Back to Top US Shipping(FREE) USPS Media Mail® International ShippingPlease check eBay's Shipping & Payment tab USPS First-Class Mail International (Worldwide) FREE scheduling, supersized images and templates. Get Vendio Sales Manager.Make your listings stand out with FREE Vendio custom templates! FREE scheduling, supersized images and templates. Get Vendio Sales Manager. Over 100,000,000 served. Get FREE counters from Vendio today!

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