North American T-39D Sabreliner
Quick Facts
Quick Facts
The civilian Sabreliner is a late 50-era business jet with wings based on those of the F-86 Sabre jet fighter.
In the early 60s, the US Navy converted a number of Sabreliners into T-39 aircraft for the purpose of training Naval Flight Officers NFOs.
NFOs are no pilots. They operate mission systems in multi-place naval aircraft, including radar, bombing, countermeasures and navigation equipment.
Upon its last flight on July 1989, our T-39 had logged 6,735.4 flight hours and 4,282 landings.
