Back in the 70s, as a teen who loved airplanes I walked across a hangar door and saw a lovely airplane parked inside. I immediately recognized it from the pages of aviation magazines, and as I had never seen it up close, I stood there for a moment, admiring it. An engineer spotted me at the door, and a little in jest, challenged me: _"hey kid, I'll bet you won't know what this is"._ To which I replied, _"It's a Rockwell Sabreliner 60, and I have never come this close to one before"._ That broke the ice. He invited me into the hangar, showed me the airplane, and a few years later I even did maintenance manual translations to Portuguese for this airplane's mechanics. I even got to help them out by talking with Rockwell's customer support over the phone, as the the maintenance crew were not that proficient in English.
Wow, dude has extensive, in-depth knowledge of that bird. He's a real authority. Enjoyed, and was engrossed, listening to him talk even though I had no clue what all the technical jargon meant. lol..
In 1972 I had my private commercial and instrument. I flew a 172 to my grandad’s funeral. On the ramp in Akron was a saberliner. I had someone take a photo of me taken in front of it! I was an aspiring airline pilot, so this was so cool to me. Oddly enough, I never flew any corporate jets, as I got hired by a major airline at age 25. 40 year career, old now, retired now, and it’s still a memorable photo👍🏻 Jetstar and Westwinds were cool too!
Best REAL jet ever. Retired from the Sabreliner 65. 2000hrs in type. Nice hand flying machine at FL450. Fastest speed experienced was smooth air decent @ .82 with 150kt tailwind. GS was 651kts.
Thanks for making this video. My dad, my uncle, and my former father-in-law each flew the T-39 in the Air Force. My dad flew it from 1966-1975 in Germany, Saigon, Wright Pat, and Randolph respectively. He made numerous Atlantic crossings in it - sans autopilot. You mention that it was used as an executive jet that included generals, diplomats, and other such dignitaries. It also flew humanitarian missions. In Germany, during Vietnam, my dad escorted quite a few flights of fighters (the T-39 had navigational equipment that the fighters didn't.) A couple of really interesting things about it: 1) The Sabreliner wing was based on the wing design of the F-86; and, 2) the Sabreliner is the only business jet that is certified as aerobatic (I don't know if you mentioned it when you were talking about Bob Hoover doing rolls and loops.) And one of my most prized possessions is the model of the T-39 that my dad had made early in his career. Such a cool airplane. Again, thanks for the video.
Thanks for bringing us along, beautiful jet. Thanks Eric for the history of the Sabreliner and helping to keep them in the air. (a piece of GA and military flying history)
I worked for saberliner in ST.Louis after graduating from Parks college .Worked in the rebuild hanger installing the life extension kits and repairing slightly damaged model 40s from the Navy.
Cool to see this old-timer with updated engines, cabin, and panel. Yours must be ex-AF. The Navy ones were not so plush. I had hoped to fly one but didn't make it through flight school.
So this thing beps all the time for no reason? After they took off it was nothing but beeeeep fallow by other distracting noises that modern cockpit do not have if the plane is flying normal and doing normal things.
@@lcfflc3887 "Beeeeeeep" that you hear is the very primitive noise dampening from the 1960's era intercom/radio system. This plane is loud inside and out and they didn't have active noise cancellation in the way we do today. So in effect you are hearing the muffled and distorted turbine noise from the plane. If you should take off the earphones or let the camera record raw sound with a normal mic, you would be treated to a noise akin to two howling industrial air-conditioning units right next you your ears. That is the noise it tries to block out.
How great to see one of these in regular use. My first jet job was with a small company in Kentucky that operated a 60 and a 65. Great memories of large fun!
What a classic, cool jet! That’s amazing that He got to work on Bob Hoovers smoke system. I met Him at an Airshow a long time ago. What a great Man and an even better Pilot! Nice landing too bro!
N654** is looking pretty good! I remember N607CF running in and out of SJC years ago - quite the classic machine, glad to see them still out and about. Great video.
In early 1966 I flew on a Sabreliner from Torreon AB Madrid, Spain to RAF Lakenheath, UK on leave. Was fun being chauffeured by two majors doing what was called in the Air Force at that time "Circling the Flagpole." Pilots flying desks had to have 4 hours flying time to qualify for flight pay for the month, hence the Sabreliner and the two majors, flying from Germany to Spain to the UK and back to Germany. The grand tour as one pilot told me. And flying me and a soldier from Ft Lewis, Washington was considered essential use of the plane.
Owen Beautiful flight from start to finish and what a nice classic Sabreliner ! Sabreliner has always been one of my favorite jets as they are built like a tank and just continue to fly on. I also love the Westwind and enjoy watching video on either of these brands. A friend had a Sabreliner 40 years back and it was so reliable and made travel so easy. Thanks again to you and Eric for a great flight.
Nice video, my dad who was a major when he was stationed at WP AFB got checked out in the t-39 and he became one of the favorite pilots on the base. He was known for getting the mission done with as little outside assistance as possible. A little known fact about the T-39 is that aircraft didn't have an autopilot so you had to hand fly that thing across the United States sometimes at night, sometimes in the weather sometimes with a cranky general that didn't like the fact he had to make his own coffee lol
Owen - love the videos, Could we maybe get a rundown of all of the planes that you are current and qualified to fly and if possible the amount of hours that you have in each? Your career is amazing and quite enviable. My brother retired a few years back as a Captain in 787's for Continental United. He has well over 30,000 hours total flying time, and he did it all himself. No military, no college, just started off as a line boy in our local FBO and worked his way up from there.
My grandfather worked on these for years back in the 1960's-1970's. He was a flightline electrical troubleshooter at NAA/Rockwell International at El Segundo/Palmdale from 1947-1981. He could work an ammeter FASTER than I could break wind.
I always liked watching T-39's pass through my base in England, those Saberliners were based in Germany and were in "European One" Camo, which I thought was very cool looking at the time.
I flew from Kunsan AB, Korea to Yakota AB, Japan on one these in around 82/83. Just myself and the crew chief in the back. The pilot asked if I wanted to fly around Mt. Fuji, I said sure would. Nice ride. Had to go over to fix one of our F-16’s. Thanks for sharing your experience.
Very cool. Reminds me of the old days flying corporate jets with round gauges. I have maybe five hours of time in a sabreliner. Flew fill in right seat to help a buddy of mine. Now retired, both that plane and myself. LOL Didn’t realize there were any of these still flying. Looks great! Thanks for the video. You made an old man’s day.
I had heard of them, never saw one in the wild. Also haven't seen that many dials, switches, levers, buttons on a panel in a long time, and I'm 72!! She looks like she flies fast and fun!! 8) Lot of wire and gizmos to maintain tho. 8) Thanks for the ride, it was a rare treat!! 8) --bfg
One interesting thing, every Sabreliner every built still has the bailout door in the floor behind the cockpit. Deactivated but they found it easier to do that than change the tooling. The Raisbeck supercritical wing airfoil is made by adding this big fairing and leading edge over the existing wing structure. The fuselage windows are triangular to match the NAA logo and because Dutch Kindleberger said to make them that way.
I flew the Sabreliner Simulator at TWA in the 1980’s for my TWA pilot interview! I thought it was a bit Squirrley! It didn’t have instruments like the one you have here they were very old. Anyway I got a letter back from TWA to get more flight time and reapply. I applied to American Airlines was hired in two weeks!
I was lucky enough to fly the Sabre 40A for 8 months. Attended school in St. Louis and it was my first jet. It was so forgiving. I felt bad for the Air Force guys. Their airplanes had no reverse, thrust reverser, anti skid brakes and radar. The owner thought it was too small so he bought a Jetstar. Attended school in Marietta, GA. A wonderful second jet and it kept me out of trouble as well. Thanks so much for bringing back some memories!
So why if the FAA not bothering this airplane from the the 60's those it has to have newer engines for noise reduction? Jet stars aren't allowed to fly no more if you were to have one, because of the same reasons, noise.
I got the fly in one of those saber liners back in 72 when I caught a military hop from Norton Air Force Base to DC and I think we made a stop in scott Air Force Base in the Midwest on the way. Thanks for the video.
They used to build those south of St. Louis in a town called Perryville, MO. I worked ambulance there in the early 80s and we had to stand by for all first flight test of the Sabreliner. A lot of them were going to military but in 1981-1983 a good bit were going to private buyers. Got to walk thru one that going to some Saudi prince. Pretty sweet. I asked the rep what that one was selling for and he said 1.2 mil. Shocking price at the time.
Wow! I didn’t know any of these still flew. I thought the all ended up in A&P schools. 😂 This reminds me of the time in 2011 I got to see an airworthy jet star. I love that old iron. Pure muscle!
Owen another nice vid of you flying a classic. I have fond memories of a ride I took in a Sabreliner 40 at the Abbotsford Canada airshow; roll on takeoff, cuban eights, loops, 4,8,16 point rolls, etc-the pilot was Bob Hoover😀
In Vietnam 1969 I was assigned to ramp patrol 377th Security Police. I was startled one day to see a T39 taxing by with 4 stars on the right front glass. General George Brown arriving from the Phillipines. Nothing special but a fond memory!
I flew on one of these in the Air Force(T-39) it was configured for testing the ILS landing system. One day in Italy the aircraft wouldn't pressurize and we had to fly over the mountains at FL120 on the downwind to base, the pilots were hugging the mountainside to stay as low as possible even though we were only at that altitude for a brief minute or so.I think they had their mask on anyway.
My dad flew Sabreliners out of Houston Intercontinental in the 80s for United Gas Pipeline. He also flew a Gulfstream 1 for them. That turboprop Gulfstream 1 had a very unique sound.
Did I get this right? The APU has a 40 hours TBO? Great Vid of a great classic aircraft! I wish "my" PC-24 would use that little Fuel up in FL410.... lol
U of U grad here. USMC KC-130 A/C ATP. Retired. Thought I recognized SLC. T-39 Sabreliner-used to be known as the school bus for the blind-USN trainer for NFO's. Great plane. Flies high/fast. Remember if one could build a runway long enough North American could make a plane that would not take off from it. Flew T-28B's back in the day.
First airplane I flew transatlantic and south of the equator. I loved that plane. Side note the only reason i took the interview is i was told it was for a JetStar. I did the interview got the handshake and we went out to the hangar and i thought to myself, WTH is that? I flew S/N 2. No speed brake or leading edge devices. The only way to get to flap speed was to extend the landing lights. No crystal palace on the left. We had all the overhead windows. I had an FCU (flap control unit) fail at about 750 ft. AGL. It ran the stab trim full nose down. If I had been on autopilot we would have lawn darted into the ground when it was disconnected. It required me wrapping both arms around the yoke and my partner had a thrust for the go around. The pickle switch and the autopilot disconnect had no effect. We flew the airplane into St. Louis to AvMats and drove down to Saberliner in Chesterfield to have it overhauled. When I called them to say what had happened, I was 10 seconds into telling them what happened when they said FCU. They overhauled it on the spot in about 30 minutes. It was the original FCU and the tech knew from its S/N what aircraft it was on. He then apologized that we were flying such a bastardized 65. Our anti-skid test was on the before taxi check. One day, when in a hurry, we tested it on the taxiway. Which was downhill. That's when we both found out you have no brakes during the test. The rear end of the US Air MD80 came really close to us hitting it.
Northrop Grumman used to have a North American Sabreliner 40 as one of their test bed aircraft. The registration is N168W. It’s currently on display at an aviation museum north of Baltimore.
I’ve had the absolute privilege to fly in two Sabreliners. Winn-Dixie had two back in the late 80’s to Early 2000’s. My first ever jet ride was in one. Commercial planes just don’t do it for me for some reason..lol.
Oddly, the first plane I ever held the controls of was a Sabre-60 @ FL410. I'll never forget it. Finally got my Private Pilot cert. almost 30 years later.
I used to refuel the military version of this aircraft, the CT-39 Saberliner. I was an Air Force POL troop at SAC HQ at Offutt AFB in Nebraska. I practically refueled almost every T-39 in the USAF inventory.
Great Jet the Sabreliner 65 I had the opportunity to fly many times in the XA-MLG one time from Aspen to TRC ( Mexico ) at 45,000 over El Paso, see the Golf of Mexico and the sea of Cortez and the Captain Samuel Belkotosky request decent to Monterrey Center and our destinación was 1000 kilometers away…. What an experience
i will sub, as long as you respect and get along with your fellow YT aviation BROS (esp CitationMax, RobRoy, etc) . so far, enjoying the content. GREAT job. fly safe. FLY MARINES.
This is insane… my dad flew Sabreliners in between flying jets in the USAF. I don’t remember the circumstances. I remember him saying he loved that jet!
love the sabreliner, something about older jets just peaks my interest way more than anything else, just something iconic about them. Great video! hope i can do something like you do someday!
Worked for Sabreliner for 5 years, Perryville and STL Saw the last model 65 leave. The basic wing structure was same as the -60 with the Raisbeck supercritical fairing added mostly on top as well as the heated leading edge. Each leading edge had 97 screws if you had to remove one.
Worked for a large California aerospace company back in the late 1980s. We leased an almost timed out sabreliner and gutted it then filled it full or test equipped for program we were working on. I think they scraped it when we finished with it.
Love the co-pilot, got that ain't-letting-this-thing-kill-me-today focus that you love to see in a cockpit.
right seat guy is sharp. Left seat guy… not so much. 😂
Pretty sure the right seater is the Captain, unless Owen got a Sabre65 type.
@@dmack1827 yup
And I guess all the controllers know his voice given the way he reads back
@@PilotDaveLI I can't tell whether or not you're serious.
Back in the 70s, as a teen who loved airplanes I walked across a hangar door and saw a lovely airplane parked inside. I immediately recognized it from the pages of aviation magazines, and as I had never seen it up close, I stood there for a moment, admiring it. An engineer spotted me at the door, and a little in jest, challenged me: _"hey kid, I'll bet you won't know what this is"._ To which I replied, _"It's a Rockwell Sabreliner 60, and I have never come this close to one before"._
That broke the ice. He invited me into the hangar, showed me the airplane, and a few years later I even did maintenance manual translations to Portuguese for this airplane's mechanics. I even got to help them out by talking with Rockwell's customer support over the phone, as the the maintenance crew were not that proficient in English.
Thats awesome
Wow, dude has extensive, in-depth knowledge of that bird. He's a real authority. Enjoyed, and was engrossed, listening to him talk even though I had no clue what all the technical jargon meant. lol..
In 1972 I had my private commercial and instrument. I flew a 172 to my grandad’s funeral. On the ramp in Akron was a saberliner. I had someone take a photo of me taken in front of it! I was an aspiring airline pilot, so this was so cool to me. Oddly enough, I never flew any corporate jets, as I got hired by a major airline at age 25. 40 year career, old now, retired now, and it’s still a memorable photo👍🏻
Jetstar and Westwinds were cool too!
Somewhere in my files, I still have the Rockwell Itnl. Catalogue of the Sabreliner. It's 50 yrs. Old now!
Best REAL jet ever. Retired from the Sabreliner 65. 2000hrs in type. Nice hand flying machine at FL450. Fastest speed experienced was smooth air decent @ .82 with 150kt tailwind. GS was 651kts.
And we were the first customer for speed brake re-activation.
Incredible, what a joy. Thank you for taking us with you.
Thanks for making this video. My dad, my uncle, and my former father-in-law each flew the T-39 in the Air Force. My dad flew it from 1966-1975 in Germany, Saigon, Wright Pat, and Randolph respectively. He made numerous Atlantic crossings in it - sans autopilot. You mention that it was used as an executive jet that included generals, diplomats, and other such dignitaries. It also flew humanitarian missions. In Germany, during Vietnam, my dad escorted quite a few flights of fighters (the T-39 had navigational equipment that the fighters didn't.)
A couple of really interesting things about it: 1) The Sabreliner wing was based on the wing design of the F-86; and, 2) the Sabreliner is the only business jet that is certified as aerobatic (I don't know if you mentioned it when you were talking about Bob Hoover doing rolls and loops.)
And one of my most prized possessions is the model of the T-39 that my dad had made early in his career.
Such a cool airplane. Again, thanks for the video.
I loved that from beginning to end, thank you both. Oh and Owen, smooth landing!! 😊
Thanks for bringing us along, beautiful jet. Thanks Eric for the history of the Sabreliner and helping to keep them in the air. (a piece of GA and military flying history)
What a beautiful striking plane ✈️. Just love the lines on her.👍
I worked for saberliner in ST.Louis after graduating from Parks college .Worked in the rebuild hanger installing the life extension kits and repairing slightly damaged model 40s from the Navy.
I did the same thing from 1978 to 1982
Cool to see this old-timer with updated engines, cabin, and panel.
Yours must be ex-AF. The Navy ones were not so plush. I had hoped to fly one but didn't make it through flight school.
Don't see many of these any more. Awesome. Thanks for the ride along.
WOW!!! Awesome. Such a great airplane and thanks for sharing it!
Sabreliner, true oldschool classic! This plane and the Jetstar is my favorite business jets.
So this thing beps all the time for no reason? After they took off it was nothing but beeeeep fallow by other distracting noises that modern cockpit do not have if the plane is flying normal and doing normal things.
@@lcfflc3887 "Beeeeeeep" that you hear is the very primitive noise dampening from the 1960's era intercom/radio system. This plane is loud inside and out and they didn't have active noise cancellation in the way we do today. So in effect you are hearing the muffled and distorted turbine noise from the plane. If you should take off the earphones or let the camera record raw sound with a normal mic, you would be treated to a noise akin to two howling industrial air-conditioning units right next you your ears. That is the noise it tries to block out.
How great to see one of these in regular use. My first jet job was with a small company in Kentucky that operated a 60 and a 65. Great memories of large fun!
Thanks for sharing. You guys rock!
What a classic, cool jet! That’s amazing that He got to work on Bob Hoovers smoke system. I met Him at an Airshow a long time ago. What a great Man and an even better Pilot! Nice landing too bro!
"Classic" seems like the perfect word for this one.
and high maint and costs glad its still flying
Really informative. He really knows his stuff.
Good reminder about how small the aviation community actually is.
Grease cleanup on aisle 19.
That was sick. Need more on this bird. Love it
Very cool! Good to hear from you Owen. Love the rainy TO
We have a beautiful 65 in charter service since 2014, I do the training and checkrides; love this bird.
N654** is looking pretty good! I remember N607CF running in and out of SJC years ago - quite the classic machine, glad to see them still out and about. Great video.
That bird was fortunate enough to have me fly it around.😊
@brianb6957 Outstanding! I was atc there for quite a while. An honor to clear it for takeoff and clear it to land !
@@billnelson3732 Outstanding!! I'm sure I was on the other end.
Great video of a classic jet. Loved seeing the aircraft in your video and it was really cool to see it live arriving at SNA the next day..
In early 1966 I flew on a Sabreliner from Torreon AB Madrid, Spain to RAF Lakenheath, UK on leave. Was fun being chauffeured by two majors doing what was called in the Air Force at that time "Circling the Flagpole." Pilots flying desks had to have 4 hours flying time to qualify for flight pay for the month, hence the Sabreliner and the two majors, flying from Germany to Spain to the UK and back to Germany. The grand tour as one pilot told me. And flying me and a soldier from Ft Lewis, Washington was considered essential use of the plane.
They were the lucky ones. My Dad was a Marine jet aviator who had a desk job in Mildenhall from 69-71. He flew C-47 for flight pay.
Coral Gables 🌴🇺🇸 Hehe. Brings back good memories of the Saber for me late 1960's. Thanks O . 🏄
I love the classical analog displays i know the work with them is a little harder but man that looks so nice I almost forgot how they look !
excellent video, I remember flying in a four engine sabreliner in the 1960's
How old are you?? A four engine? Uh no, I think you mean Lockheed Jetstar???
PRO BOYS…very excellent..professional!
Very cool to see you fly a classic Owen. I noticed it took a lot of runway to get airborne. Thanks for sharing with us.
Owen Beautiful flight from start to finish and what a nice classic Sabreliner ! Sabreliner has always been one of my favorite jets as they are built like a tank and just continue to fly on. I also love the Westwind and enjoy watching video on either of these brands. A friend had a Sabreliner 40 years back and it was so reliable and made travel so easy. Thanks again to you and Eric for a great flight.
I wish I had a friend with a Sabreliner!
They must be pretty heavy though in comparison to today's Composites.
Awesome video! That guy was inspiring, really knows his bird inside and out
The Navy and Air Force flew these in 60’s and 70’s, Great solid airplanes
The 80's as well.
@JoeSmith-nu8ooThat’s right, I flew Space A in an Air Force Saberliner from Norton to Bergstrom AFB in 1984.
Very cool that this beauty is still flying. Thanks for taking us along.
Nice video, my dad who was a major when he was stationed at WP AFB got checked out in the t-39 and he became one of the favorite pilots on the base. He was known for getting the mission done with as little outside assistance as possible.
A little known fact about the T-39 is that aircraft didn't have an autopilot so you had to hand fly that thing across the United States sometimes at night, sometimes in the weather sometimes with a cranky general that didn't like the fact he had to make his own coffee lol
Many hours in one. Love them
You are right, it was the jetstar, love your videos.I'm 72.
Owen - love the videos, Could we maybe get a rundown of all of the planes that you are current and qualified to fly and if possible the amount of hours that you have in each? Your career is amazing and quite enviable. My brother retired a few years back as a Captain in 787's for Continental United. He has well over 30,000 hours total flying time, and he did it all himself. No military, no college, just started off as a line boy in our local FBO and worked his way up from there.
My grandfather worked on these for years back in the 1960's-1970's. He was a flightline electrical troubleshooter at NAA/Rockwell International at El Segundo/Palmdale from 1947-1981. He could work an ammeter FASTER than I could break wind.
Thanks to Owen and Erick for taking us along in the Sabreliner. What a wonderful thrill!!!
Copilot being a packers fan makes this much better
Go Pack!
I always liked watching T-39's pass through my base in England, those Saberliners were based in Germany and were in "European One" Camo, which I thought was very cool looking at the time.
I love this airplane - it is like flying a little sportscar. One of my favorites 🙂
I was a plane captain on the T39. Sabreliner at NAS Glynco, Brunswick, Ga in 1968/69. Great memories,beautiful airplane.
I flew from Kunsan AB, Korea to Yakota AB, Japan on one these in around 82/83. Just myself and the crew chief in the back. The pilot asked if I wanted to fly around Mt. Fuji, I said sure would. Nice ride. Had to go over to fix one of our F-16’s. Thanks for sharing your experience.
Same here CT-39G and CT-39E/F. SOES MCAS Cherry Point, NC
@@karlmiller8411 i was same in 65-68 👍
Very cool. Reminds me of the old days flying corporate jets with round gauges. I have maybe five hours of time in a sabreliner. Flew fill in right seat to help a buddy of mine. Now retired, both that plane and myself. LOL
Didn’t realize there were any of these still flying. Looks great!
Thanks for the video. You made an old man’s day.
You Lucky Ducks! Who Doesn't Love Old Jets With Gauges!?!
First corporate jet I worked on and got fly. My Father had a Sabre 60 he managed, he really like that airplane.
I had heard of them, never saw one in the wild. Also haven't seen that many dials, switches, levers, buttons on a panel in a long time, and I'm 72!! She looks like she flies fast and fun!! 8) Lot of wire and gizmos to maintain tho. 8) Thanks for the ride, it was a rare treat!! 8) --bfg
Really Impresive, a sabreliner flying, thanks
One interesting thing, every Sabreliner every built still has the bailout door in the floor behind the cockpit. Deactivated but they found it easier to do that than change the tooling. The Raisbeck supercritical wing airfoil is made by adding this big fairing and leading edge over the existing wing structure. The fuselage windows are triangular to match the NAA logo and because Dutch Kindleberger said to make them that way.
What an amazing plane! I loved the radar altimeter callout voice haha
and the flydeck wow!
I flew the Sabreliner Simulator at TWA in the 1980’s for my TWA pilot interview! I thought it was a bit Squirrley! It didn’t have instruments like the one you have here they were very old. Anyway I got a letter back from TWA to get more flight time and reapply. I applied to American Airlines was hired in two weeks!
I was lucky enough to fly the Sabre 40A for 8 months. Attended school in St. Louis and it was my first jet. It was so forgiving. I felt bad for the Air Force guys. Their airplanes had no reverse, thrust reverser, anti skid brakes and radar.
The owner thought it was too small so he bought a Jetstar. Attended school in Marietta, GA. A wonderful second jet and it kept me out of trouble as well.
Thanks so much for bringing back some memories!
So why if the FAA not bothering this airplane from the the 60's those it has to have newer engines for noise reduction? Jet stars aren't allowed to fly no more if you were to have one, because of the same reasons, noise.
I got the fly in one of those saber liners back in 72 when I caught a military hop from Norton Air Force Base to DC and I think we made a stop in scott Air Force Base in the Midwest on the way. Thanks for the video.
They used to build those south of St. Louis in a town called Perryville, MO. I worked ambulance there in the early 80s and we had to stand by for all first flight test of the Sabreliner. A lot of them were going to military but in 1981-1983 a good bit were going to private buyers. Got to walk thru one that going to some Saudi prince. Pretty sweet. I asked the rep what that one was selling for and he said 1.2 mil. Shocking price at the time.
Wow! I didn’t know any of these still flew. I thought the all ended up in A&P schools. 😂 This reminds me of the time in 2011 I got to see an airworthy jet star. I love that old iron. Pure muscle!
Classic indeed, very cool, thanks!
Owen another nice vid of you flying a classic. I have fond memories of a ride I took in a Sabreliner 40 at the Abbotsford Canada airshow; roll on takeoff, cuban eights, loops, 4,8,16 point rolls, etc-the pilot was Bob Hoover😀
You have a cool bucket list Sir !
flew in one of those from Randolph AFB to Peterson AFB goin back to the Air Force Academy in 1980
I used to be a USAF crew chief for the T-39A/B/F models! Cool bird.
In Vietnam 1969 I was assigned to ramp patrol 377th Security Police. I was startled one day to see a T39 taxing by with 4 stars on the right front glass. General George Brown arriving from the Phillipines. Nothing special but a fond memory!
I flew on one of these in the Air Force(T-39) it was configured for testing the ILS landing system. One day in Italy the aircraft wouldn't pressurize and we had to fly over the mountains at FL120 on the downwind to base, the pilots were hugging the mountainside to stay as low as possible even though we were only at that altitude for a brief minute or so.I think they had their mask on anyway.
Nice one, Owen-rugged jet. We use the 65 in the Caribbean for mission Florida in South America. Le Bas Intl.
classic old school cockpit. classic. they also made a model 75. i think the guy who played Worf on ST next G flies one
My dad flew Sabreliners out of Houston Intercontinental in the 80s for United Gas Pipeline. He also flew a Gulfstream 1 for them. That turboprop Gulfstream 1 had a very unique sound.
so I would be afraid to fly in it but on the other hand it is one of the most reliable planes ever made😊😊😊😊😊😊
Looks like a great ride. Thanks.
Did I get this right? The APU has a 40 hours TBO? Great Vid of a great classic aircraft! I wish "my" PC-24 would use that little Fuel up in FL410.... lol
What a classic. She is a nice strong bird too. North American/Rockwell got it right with this fine aircraft!!
U of U grad here. USMC KC-130 A/C ATP. Retired. Thought I recognized SLC. T-39 Sabreliner-used to be known as the school bus for the blind-USN trainer for NFO's. Great plane. Flies high/fast. Remember if one could build a runway long enough North American could make a plane that would not take off from it. Flew T-28B's back in the day.
First airplane I flew transatlantic and south of the equator. I loved that plane.
Side note the only reason i took the interview is i was told it was for a JetStar. I did the interview got the handshake and we went out to the hangar and i thought to myself, WTH is that?
I flew S/N 2. No speed brake or leading edge devices. The only way to get to flap speed was to extend the landing lights. No crystal palace on the left. We had all the overhead windows.
I had an FCU (flap control unit) fail at about 750 ft. AGL. It ran the stab trim full nose down. If I had been on autopilot we would have lawn darted into the ground when it was disconnected. It required me wrapping both arms around the yoke and my partner had a thrust for the go around. The pickle switch and the autopilot disconnect had no effect. We flew the airplane into St. Louis to AvMats and drove down to Saberliner in Chesterfield to have it overhauled. When I called them to say what had happened, I was 10 seconds into telling them what happened when they said FCU. They overhauled it on the spot in about 30 minutes. It was the original FCU and the tech knew from its S/N what aircraft it was on. He then apologized that we were flying such a bastardized 65.
Our anti-skid test was on the before taxi check. One day, when in a hurry, we tested it on the taxiway. Which was downhill. That's when we both found out you have no brakes during the test. The rear end of the US Air MD80 came really close to us hitting it.
Haven’t seen an airworthy saberliner in 40 years . ! Great video Owen
Northrop Grumman used to have a North American Sabreliner 40 as one of their test bed aircraft. The registration is N168W. It’s currently on display at an aviation museum north of Baltimore.
Great professional flying Mr. Owen and Mr. Eric.
Good morning captain Owen, thanks for another great video!
I’ve had the absolute privilege to fly in two Sabreliners. Winn-Dixie had two back in the late 80’s to Early 2000’s. My first ever jet ride was in one. Commercial planes just don’t do it for me for some reason..lol.
They will go straight up. Been there.
Wow that was a lot of fun to watch awesome
Oddly, the first plane I ever held the controls of was a Sabre-60 @ FL410. I'll never forget it. Finally got my Private Pilot cert. almost 30 years later.
I used to refuel the military version of this aircraft, the CT-39 Saberliner. I was an Air Force POL troop at SAC HQ at Offutt AFB in Nebraska. I practically refueled almost every T-39 in the USAF inventory.
I enjoyed my 6 years as an Air Force mechanic helping maintain a group of 6 CT-39A's at Norton AFB 78-84.
We had 6 or 7 at Wright-Patt. Aircraft electrical.
Great Jet the Sabreliner 65 I had the opportunity to fly many times in the XA-MLG one time from Aspen to TRC ( Mexico ) at 45,000 over El Paso, see the Golf of Mexico and the sea of Cortez and the Captain Samuel Belkotosky request decent to Monterrey Center and our destinación was 1000 kilometers away…. What an experience
fasctinating. thank you.
Bob Hoover at CAF Show Harlingin Tx did a touch and go 45 degree up slow roll 45 degree down touch and go.
i will sub, as long as you respect and get along with your fellow YT aviation BROS (esp CitationMax, RobRoy, etc) .
so far, enjoying the content. GREAT job. fly safe. FLY MARINES.
This is insane… my dad flew Sabreliners in between flying jets in the USAF. I don’t remember the circumstances. I remember him saying he loved that jet!
love the sabreliner, something about older jets just peaks my interest way more than anything else, just something iconic about them. Great video! hope i can do something like you do someday!
great flight Owen ! cool plane!
Fantastic Video
Happy Flying!
Worked for Sabreliner for 5 years, Perryville and STL Saw the last model 65 leave. The basic wing structure was same as the -60 with the Raisbeck supercritical fairing added mostly on top as well as the heated leading edge. Each leading edge had 97 screws if you had to remove one.
I worked second shift then went on to work on the SMIP program before the big layoff in 1981
lovely jet and video ..;the pax 's windows are like the "Caravelle " from Sud Aviation , nice , , what a beutiful jet this Sabreliner 👍
worked at a survey company across from AVMATS in Chesterfield MO. Always a sabreliner sitting outside their hangar. Now i know why lol
Worked for a large California aerospace company back in the late 1980s. We leased an almost timed out sabreliner and gutted it then filled it full or test equipped for program we were working on. I think they scraped it when we finished with it.
This might be your best video so far. Eric’s the man and the Sabreliner rips
Great video and smooth landing
Great video.
16:59 I thought he was gonna say touchdown 😂
This jet and shrike should still be made. Can you guys fly a Grumman g-159 jetprops???