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F-86 Sabre Post Cards

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The North American F-86 Sabre was the primary air-to-air jet fighter used by the USAF in the Korean War. Though not officially documented, several people involved in the development of the F-86 claimed that the North American test pilot George Welch was actually the first to break the sound barrier while executing a dive during its first test flight on October 1, 1947, 14 days before Chuck Yeager's well document supersonic flight in the Bell X-1.Photo taken during the 2007 Cleveland National Air Show.Burke Lakefront Airport, Cleveland, OH.September 1, 2007.
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F-86D Sabre Jet Fighter / Interceptor Aircraft Round Stickers

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F-86D Sabre Jet Fighter / Interceptor Aircraft Round Stickers
F-86D Sabre (sometimes called the "Sabre Dog" or "Dog Sabre") was a transonic jet all-weather interceptor. Based on North American's F-86 Sabre day fighter, the F-86D had only 25 percent commonality with other Sabre variants, with a larger fuselage, larger afterburning engine, and a distinctive nose radome.

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Fencing Fencer Ichthys Sign of the Fish Keychains

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Fencing Fencer Ichthys Sign of the Fish Keychains
Fencing Fencer Ichthys Sign of the Fish Christian Fish Symbol Fencing Fencer Ichthys or Ichthus / ΙΧΘΥΣ now known colloquially as the "sign of the fish" or the "Jesus fish. The ichthys is seen in first century catacombs in Rome. According to tradition, ancient Christians, during their persecution by the Roman State in the first few centuries after Christ, used the fish symbol to mark meeting places and tombs, or to distinguish friends from foes … when a Christian met a stranger in the road, the Christian sometimes drew one arc of the simple fish outline in the dirt. If the stranger drew the other arc, both believers knew they were in good company.

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