Trans-Sonic Jet Trainer -- With Test Pilot Ray Morris at the controls, North American Aviation's modified trans-sonic jet trainer recently made its first successful test flight. Designed for advance pilot training in high-speed flight, gunnery and dive bombing, this swift, two-seat jet trainer is a modified version of the U.S. Air Force's Korea-famed F-86 Sabre Jet. The trainer is rated in the 650-mile-per-hour class, has a maximum service ceiling of 45,000 feet and a combat radius of more than 600 statute miles. It is powered by a General Electric J-47-GE-27 turbojet engine with thrust exceeding 5,800 pounds. August 17, 1954. (Photo by North American Aviation, Inc.).

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Trans-Sonic Jet Trainer -- With Test Pilot Ray Morris at the controls, North American Aviation's modified trans-sonic jet trainer recently made its first successful test flight. Designed for advance pilot training in high-speed flight, gunnery and dive bombing, this swift, two-seat jet trainer is a modified version of the U.S. Air Force's Korea-famed F-86 Sabre Jet. The trainer is rated in the 650-mile-per-hour class, has a maximum service ceiling of 45,000 feet and a combat radius of more than 600 statute miles. It is powered by a General Electric J-47-GE-27 turbojet engine with thrust exceeding 5,800 pounds. August 17, 1954. (Photo by North American Aviation, Inc.).

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