The name, "Flying Fossil," was a jaunty thumb in the eye of the
plane's age, but the F-86 Sabrejet fighter was restored to like-new
condition throughout. Despite that, it remained a 1950s aircraft,
with 1950s technology; and jets of that time had a safety record
unlike their modern descendants. That safety record is a hair worse
today, after the vintage fighter crashed and burned on takeoff at
11:40 AM Monday, killing pilot Wyatt Fuller.
Israel's air force has now appointed a commission to investigate
last week's collision between two Apache helicopters on night
operations along the border between Israel and Lebanon.
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