North American F-100 "Super Sabre"
Model Airplane News Cover Art for August, 1956
by Jo Kotula
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First of the "Century fighters", the prototype F-100 flew on 25 May 1953. The initial production version was the F-100A, a single-seat day fighter. Armament included four 20mm cannon plus external weapons.

  

North American F-100 "Super Sabre"
Refueling Three F100s at a time
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The F-100C was introduced in 1954 as a single-seat fighter bomber with strengthened wings, up to 7,000 lb of bombs on eight underwing hardpoints along with in-flight refuelling capability. The artwork below shows this underwing capability.

The similar F-100D introduced design refinements, including a taller fin, and could be armed with four Sidewinder or two Bullpup missiles, or 7,000 lb of external weapons in addition to the four 20mm cannon. The final version built was the F-100F, a lengthened tandem two-seat operational trainer and tactical attack aircraft, armed with two 20mm cannon and capable of carrying 6,000 lb of weapons.

  

Patent Diagrams for the F-100
Design Patent D-183,675
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