Maybe it is just me (and the plane is beautiful) but an F-86 with a Garmin 500 glass panel?

http://courtesyaircraft.com/aircraft/c- ... abre-mk-v/



RAS

It makes a weird kind of sense in that you don't have to maintain a whole bunch of hard to source steam instruments that are all old, yellow, cracked, faded, etc.

If you aren't going for "museum", might as well go for "practical".

Mike C.

I was reading about this plane from a Canadian aviation site I follow. It basically had no-expense-spared maintenance and upkeep. And at 3/4 million, it's actually a pretty decent value at that.

I thought the FAA banned US pilots from having ex-fighter jets after the Farrell's incident?

I know this F86, its owned by Vintage Wings of Canada.
Its a private aircraft museum in Gatineau near me.

http://www.vintagewings.ca

The owner Michael Potter is very picky and everything in there is top grade.

No, but that was the precipitating incident in the rules for high-powered and jet Experimental aircraft. Before that, anyone could jump in and go without any training, and go solo in any aircraft. I don't remember when "Type Ratings" for all jets came into being, but that led to it.

Long time ago (9/24/1972) but I remember it well. Oddly, the pilot lived, but it killed many, mostly children. Terrible tragedy.

If I'm buying an F-86 I'm not buying it for the panel.