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1980s F86 Drone Programme

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victor45
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1980s F86 Drone Programme

Thankyou all again for the exellent informative responses, i found the Flight Systems Inc web site after a bit of trawling,its superb chronicling the progess of the company from its inception at Long Beach to today,the aircraft used plus the many mods needed to convert the F86 into drones or target tugs, it lists all the aircraft that were purchased for the programme ,the vast majority were ex USAF with more from Canada and South Africa, however non were forthcomimg from Uk sources which leaves me with the probability that F86 G ATB ex Reflectair, Much Hoole Farm,and Duxford may still be in Britain somewhere as i doubt flight systems would have been prepared to ship the aircraft overseas bearing in mind the glut of airframes in the US and Canada at that time,(1974)Flight Systems chargedthe USAF 1800 dollars for each drone/ Target Tug sortie plus fuel, the program started in the late 1960s continuing on today as already stated, so where is G ATB ?:cool: 😎 😎