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Old 09-01-2011 | 05:57 PM
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From: Douglas Aerospace post production Flight Test & Work Around Engineering bulletin dissembler
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Originally Posted by forgot to bid
Sabre? Nice Bar.
65, Big Engines, Supercritical Wing, Transcon range (easy), 530MPH+ cruise, quiet. Only bad thing was the lack of external baggage access. Great machine. They were perceived as an old man's jet, but the 65 was to a 40 what a 737-700 is to a 737-200.

Lot of neat "Nascar Air Force" stories floating around.