The Snapshots in Time Collection

North American TF-86 'Transonic Trainer' Prototype Jet Aircraft, USAF Serial 31228

North American TF-86 'Transonic Trainer' Prototype Jet Aircraft, USAF Serial 31228

The North American TF-86 'Transonic Trainer,' seen here climbing out on a test flight, was a two-seat derivative of the famed F-86 Sabre developed to train Air Force pilots for the demands of transonic and supersonic jet flight in the early Cold War era. Project: 218217