North American Aviation F-86 Sabre by goodoleboy
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Captured 4/4/09, at the semibeautiful Chino Planes of Fame Museum in the semibeautiful Chino Airport in semibeautiful Chino, California.
This plane is really gussied up, spit, shine and all, with colors and rippling reflections that won't quit.
If it wasn't for extensive postwork, you wouldn't be looking at this collage. The hangers where all of the beautiful and pristine aircraft are situated are dimly lit -- not exactly a photographer's paradise -- so I had to experiment and fiddle with the camera, alternating between flash and shutter speed and aperture settings. The resulting images were relatively dark in content, and it took the magic of Photoshop to bring them out of the shadows and into fruition. And, I was fortunate keeping the noise to a very minimum in these shots.
The North American Aviation F-86 Sabre (sometimes called the Sabrejet) was a transonic jet fighter aircraft. The Sabre is best known for its Korean War role where it was pitted against the Soviet MiG-15 and obtained UN air superiority. Although developed in the late 1940s and outdated by the end of the 1950s, the Sabre proved adaptable and continued as a front line fighter in air forces until the last active front line examples were retired by the Bolivian Air Force in 1994.
Its success led to an extended production run of over 7,800 aircraft between 1949 and 1956, in the United States, Japan and Italy. It was by far the most-produced Western jet fighter, with total production of all variants at 9,860 units.
If the name of Col. Frank Borman, whose name is shown under the cockpit bubble in the second photo, seems familiar to you, it's because not only was he a fighter pilot during the Korean conflict, he is a retired NASA astronaut, best remembered as the Commander of Apollo 8, the first mission to fly around the Moon, making him, along with fellow crew mates Jim Lovell and Bill Anders, the first of only 24 humans to do so. He was also the chief executive officer (CEO) of Eastern Air Lines from 1975 to 1986. Frank Borman is a recipient of the Congressional Space Medal of Honor. In the HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon, Borman was played by David Andrews.
Source: Wikipedia enclopedia
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Comments (17)
MrsRatbag
Wow, if you hadn't mentioned your digifiddle with the lighting I would never have guessed! I guess that's the definition of good postwork, eh? Those planes look shiny and clean enough to eat off of...beautiful captures!
prutzworks
nice serie and thanx for story
morningglory
That's one shiny plane....you did a fantastic job fixing the pics up.
babuci
Well, what ever is a post work and fiddling was, worth it. This body is so shiny and a surounding is so well reflected. Super collage Harry good job.
jocko500
love the reflexions on the plane. You did good on the postwork too
dbrv6
Wow brilliant work in photoshop and the end result shows the captures you made of this fine jet very well. Thanks for adding the history on.
bmac62
Harry, you did a superb job showing this beautiful Sabre off in its' best light so to speak. I met Frank Borman in 1971. I was thrilled with the opportunity to be his escort officer when he visited Saigon. Thrilled until I met him. My impression was of a cold, calculating man who didn't care much for "commoners" around him. Impressed by his accomplishments...unimpressed by him!
goodoleboy
bmac62: I knew nothing of Frank Borman as a person, figured he was an okay guy, and am surprised and disappointed to read of his true attitude and demeanor.
beachzz
Wow, Harry, these are great!!!
neiwil
There's shiny and there's SHINY!!!, the original stealth fighter?.In a clear blue sky this would disappear in it's own reflection.Quite amazing set of pictures, you've done great work with these, and well worth the effort.
lizzibell
nice work...
Meisiekind
I agree with Denise - gosh, open heart surgery can be done on them - shiny and clean. Great set of images Harry and very interesting narration! :)
debbielove
Super pristine example of a Sabre! Mightily impressed by it and indeed you EPIC efforts in the Postwork department! I know a lot of U.S. Museums etc are (for some reason I can't work out yet!) dimly lit. (U.K. ones are for the most part, brightly lit (RAF Museum as an example - my gallery - advert over!) SO! massive credit to you on this. The only Sabre I've seen has been a flying example in the U,K,. I suppose this is better really! As they should be seen..... Take care and bring em on. Rob. (Hump day? Is the 'Groin rubbing' epidemic spreading?)
Hendesse
Excellent and very interesting collage. Outstandig details and clarity!
busi2ness
Interesting facts a highly polished Sabre immaculately maintained!
kasalin
Beautiful captures... 5*
anahata.c
wow, you spoke of dim lighting, etc, but I'd think the sheer sheen of these beasts would be just as much a problem for the camera. They're like big oceans of shiny metal, and they're formidable. It's fitting that planes that once carried people into treacherous battle should shine as if they were perennially new. They're really a formidable looking beast, and when seen with all this sheen, they look a bit like angels. Very fine & vibrant work, and like Denise says, it's the sign of fine postwork that none of it seems to show: I thought these birds looked like this the minute you came in the door. Well they did, but you had to adjust to capture it through the lens...Fine job once more.