Sabreliner pilots? I just got one...sorta...

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dabigboy

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Hi all! Some interesting things have happened here and I find myself seeking help with a Sabreliner 60. Let me explain: one of my hobbies is flight simulators. I recently acquired the nose section from a retired Sabreliner 60, which I will be building into a sim. It's very complete for a "scrapped" plane (I was fortunate enough to get in on the deal before the plane was actually cut up, so I had a chance to call dibbs on a bunch of stuff), and I am actually surprised at the amount of stuff I do not fully understand.

The biggest thing I've flown in real life is a Merlin IIB, so the Sabreliner has some big differences obviously. I would love to chat with folks who have flown Sabreliners, for some guidance and insight on this plane. Also, there is a cockpit photo I would like to get: I am missing one instrument panel...it's the largest panel on the co-pilot's side console. I'm assuming it's for the APU, as I have not found any APU controls in the cockpit. I would like to look at a pic of this panel, so I can verify what it is, and either find one or make a reproduction of it (all the internet photos focus on the panel main).

Pic of the cockpit:


Thanks!

Matt
 
My only experienes are with the T-39 series, based on the Saberliner 40. Which particular panel are you looking at?
 
Some are re-engined corporate jets as well. Frys has the original model engines on them. Those things scream! Best of luck with the simulator. The school I went to has a Sabreliner used for the maintenance school. If you get a photo of the cockpit, I can go look at the school's, and see what it is that you're missing.
 
Eat your heart out.

My commission? One hour of sim time for each picture. :)

rightside.jpg


Looks like you have yourself an oxygen regulator, flight director, com's, battery temperature isolation switches, interior light switches, and a circuit breaker panel.

To be fair, I have to give credit where credit is due...

I don't speak Russian much, but I do speak photos...you can build your sim from the ground up with these photos of every square inch of the flight deck. Enjoy!

http://igor113.livejournal.com/306250.html

And just to whet your appetite with the photos...

sabre-1.jpg
 
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Autothrust Blue said:
Not sure, but the sims are still in Long Beach along with other "obsolete" airplanes like the EMB-120.
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It`s a popular aircraft for air ambulance in Central South America, they buy them form the govt for close to nothing, same for the Lear 25s

This guys in the US use 4 of them for charters http://www.americanaircharter.com/

Interesting the /hour rate is about half the one for newer jets able to carry the same amount of pax and fly at the same speeds.
 
swisspilot said:
It`s a popular aircraft for air ambulance in Central South America, they buy them form the govt for close to nothing, same for the Lear 25s

This guys in the US use 4 of them for charters http://www.americanaircharter.com/

Interesting the /hour rate is about half the one for newer jets able to carry the same amount of pax and fly at the same speeds.
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That was the company that had one come to the MX hangar at my former employer at HND to get some emergency work done. The beast was leaking crap all over the ramp. Crap from under the wings, crap from under the engines, crap from the struts and so on. It was a complete mess. It was fun watching it flame throw when they lit up the engines though.
 
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z987k said:
I must have missed the Saberliner, but I noticed those obsolete G450/550 sims going 24/7.
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The Long Beach facility has all sorts of weird stuff tucked away; I seem to remember a Saberliner and Metroliner sim from my journeys down that way as well as the Brasilia and a smattering of older King Air models too.

You know, the sims powered by the big, VAX computers in the room with air conditioning and big windows.
 
Autothrust Blue said:
The Long Beach facility has all sorts of weird stuff tucked away; I seem to remember a Saberliner and Metroliner sim from my journeys down that way as well as the Brasilia and a smattering of older King Air models too.

You know, the sims powered by the big, VAX computers in the room with air conditioning and big windows.
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Ever been to ALTEON in Long Beach? they have a similar collection of collectibles.
 
I had thought FSI at STL was the only location of theirs with Saberliner sims?
 
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