On this day in aviation history, 76 years ago (January 24, 1950), the North American YF-93 flew for the first time. The YF-93 was a further development by North American of their successful F-86 Sabre ...
the Sabre was an emblem of an age when pilot skill took priority, and the aircraft he flew a marriage of engineering talent and bold design. With fewer than two dozen flyable F-86s left in the U.S., ...