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Description
| Notes: CARGO-CONFIGURED T-39A. | ||
| Manufacturer: | North American | |
| Base model: | T-39 | |
| Designation: | CT-39 | |
| Version: | A | |
| Nickname: | Sabreliner | |
| Designation System: | U.S. Air Force | |
| Designation Period: | 1948-Present | |
| Basic role: | Trainer | |
| Modified Mission: | Transport | |
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Specifications
| Length: | 44' | 13.4 m | |
| Height: | 16' | 4.8 m | |
| Wingspan: | 44' 6" | 13.5 m | |
Propulsion
| No. of Engines: | 2 | ||
| Powerplant: | Pratt & Whitney J60-P-3 | ||
| Thrust (each): | 3,000 lb | 1,360 kg | |
Performance
| Range: | 2,100 miles | 3,381 km | |
| Max Speed: | 563 mph | 906 km/h | 489 kt |
Known serial numbers
Examples of this type may be found at
| Museum | City | State |
| Air Force Flight Test Center Museum | Edwards AFB | California |
| Dyess Linear Air Park | Dyess AFB | Texas |
| Hill Aerospace Museum | Hill AFB | Utah |
| Kelly Field Heritage Museum | Kelly AFB | Texas |
| March Field Air Museum | Riverside | California |
| McClellan Aviation Museum | McClellan AFB | California |
| Museum of Aviation | Warner Robins AFB | Georgia |
| National Atomic Museum | Kirtland AFB | New Mexico |
| Pima Air & Space Museum | Tucson | Arizona |
| Scott AFB | Scott AFB | Illinois |
| Travis Air Force Museum | Travis AFB | California |
CT-39A on display
Air Force Flight Test Center Museum | March Field Museum | National Atomic Museum | Pima Air & Space Museum | |
Travis Air Force Museum |
Recent comments by our visitors
| Rod Binegar , NE | I was the crew chief on 62-4463 used at Offutt AFB for the CINC SAC, General Richard Ellis. 1979-1981 Flew all over the United States with this plane and the General. Really liked my time with the T39's good planes. 05/24/2015 @ 06:18 [ref: 69101] |
| Steve Kerney Spring Hill, FL | USAF/AFSC/ASD/4950TW/OMS/D-FLT 1986-1990 A student of Jerry Whittle's squad (Jerry's Boys) at Scott AFB. Went on to Wright-Patt. A student of Rick Fromknecht, Mark Huffman and too many other talented Crew Chiefs and Specialist at WPAFB to list here. (Rick and Mark posted here so mentioning them is fair game) I was 3rd on 59-2870, 2nd on 60-3474 and 2874. Went TDY as assistant on all the others 2877,3476,2873,4463 and 3475. I could not have picked a better airplane to learn on and could not have picked a better bunch of folks to learn from. We had a great mission there and years later I see what was once test projects, now front line systems. "Nothin could be finer than flying in a Sabreliner". Now I work on Airbus, Boeing and Douglas wide bodys, not much different than the trusty Sabreliner just more geewiz stuff and on alot larger scale but the pointy end still goes forward... 07/15/2014 @ 02:46 [ref: 68567] |
| Doug Rohe Goose Creek, SC | I was the Crew Chief / Flt Mech on 61 - 0638 from 1980 to 1984 at Offutt AFB. It was the primary for CINC SAC. We also used 62 4463 for that mission. Great jets !!! 04/25/2014 @ 10:15 [ref: 68462] |
| Bob Nicholson Bremerson, WA | Worked on tail number ending in 459 as crew chief at Ton Sun Nhut from November 1967 to November 1968. Prepared for 3am flight on the night of the Tet offensive. After initial attack, we made our flight. Work with a great bunch of guys during that time. 11/04/2013 @ 20:59 [ref: 68148] |
| Henry Ziemba , NJ | That picture of 3476 was one of several shot during the check flight after the mod. The plane had trouble maintaining pressurization after the mod - an antenna was put in the lower escape hatch too. Had to put on the masks and do a quick descent on the check flight. Don't know if it was ever fixed (permanently), but do remember that the ferry flight to Edwards had to be done without pressurization - that was a VERY long flight, with multiple fuel stops. The good news was that our test flights out there were at lower altitudes that didn't need the pressurization.
I was the Test Director on Sabre Cross, and the follow-on Sabre Cross 2, though I left before that one flew. Last I saw, she's sitting in the boneyard at DM. Lot of nice memories, even though it was ~30 yes ago. 05/30/2013 @ 13:50 [ref: 67855] |
| Rick Fromknecht Spring Hill, FL | I also worked T-39's at Wright Patt, Yakota, Rhein Main, and Edwards from 1981 - 1993. I worked with Mark Huffman. I think I've done just about every job that one can do on a T-39. I now work for Southwest Airlines for the past 12 years 05/29/2013 @ 19:12 [ref: 67852] |
| Rick Fromknecht Spring Hill, FL | I also worked T-39's at Wright Patt, Yakota, Rhein Main, and Edwards from 1981 - 1993. I worked with Mark Huffman. I think I've done just about every job that one can do on a T-39. I now work for Southwest Airlines for the past 12 years 05/29/2013 @ 19:11 [ref: 67851] |
| Jerry Whittle , IL | I worked on T-39s at Scott AFB from the late 70s to the mid-80s when the Lear jets took over.
I taught FTD classes on the T-39s (and C-9A) for a few years at Scott. I even went TDY to teach about them to places like W-P AFB. 01/28/2013 @ 05:02 [ref: 67527] |
| Mark Huffman Cincinnati, OH | Worked on T39s at Wright Patterson from 80-88. T39B 476 was my last plane as crew chief. The configuration in the photo is "Sabre Cross" the test bed for the B1-B offensive ecm system. You can tell by the wing tip antenna bulb. 01/17/2013 @ 18:44 [ref: 67506] |
| Moon Maiden 1 Freeport, ME | All right all you ex Peterson guys. Checking in here to see what you have all been up to. 676, 668, 491, 659 and yes 472, the fastest of the fastest. I too am sill in aviation after all these years. 10/01/2012 @ 07:58 [ref: 67275] |
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