Flying the F-86 Sabre | Tahir Alam (Part 1)

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3 жыл бұрын

In part 1, former Pakistan AF fighter pilot, Tahir Alam, talks about how he became interested in aviation, joining the Pakistan Air Force, the aircraft he started flying which includes the T-37 and T-33 and moving on to the F-86 Sabre. He lets us know what the role of the Sabre was, how it flew & handled, and much more all wrapped up with some great personal stories.
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@inamfaiz1141 3 жыл бұрын

This interview took me back to my time when I was working on F86F and F86E in Pakistan Air Force and it reminds me all the happenings took place in Peshawar and Karachi Base. Tahir Alam is right about stalling of F86E engine and structural fatigue and failure on both models. I am talking about 1974 to 1979. There were lot of accidents on these aircrafts. Great to hear from Tahir Alam.

@joetaylor486 3 жыл бұрын

What an interesting and lovely bloke. Clearly one hell of a pilot too! Compressor stall at 100' with 2 greens? Ay caramba!

@cyclingnerddelux698 3 жыл бұрын

Super interview with a pilot whose modesty is lovely. Thrilled to hear more about the F-86, or any Cold War aircraft of this generation. Thanks to both of you.

@Aircrewinterview 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you :)

@tahirqureshi8606 3 жыл бұрын

Chuck Yeager, the US legend pilot, once said that Pakistan Air Force pilots are the best in the world...

@wwclay86 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome interview great pilot. The old school standard.

@adnanzaka1141 9 ай бұрын

I understand you from other PAF fighter pilots, that Mr. Tahir Alam was a very daring fighter pilot.

@exploreradverturer8396 3 жыл бұрын

Long Live Pakistan....Long Live Pakistan's Gallant Forces.

@uha6477 3 жыл бұрын

Top stuff! Pilots from this period really are great to listen to. Eagerly awaiting the second installment.

@rawdyrider Жыл бұрын

F86 Sabre jet.What a fantastic aircraft!Used to draw it as a kid and dreamt to fly it……

@tahirusman5929 3 жыл бұрын

The most beautiful jet fighter ever...Go the 86!

@mastathrash5609 3 жыл бұрын

Outstanding interview. A cool perspective from a serious business pilot. Looking forward to part 2

@Aircrewinterview 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much!

@magoid 3 жыл бұрын

Refreshing to rear a fighter pilot admitting something that went wrong was his fault. In a community know for the high egos of its members, is good to rear lessons learned the hard way. Although, by the time this gentleman was flying, fighter aircraft generally made the pilots pay with their lifes for mistakes.

@Activated_Complex 3 жыл бұрын

magoid I suspect it’s down to the need to make judgment calls so quickly, so instinctively, that they can rarely afford self-doubt. If they make a bad call, they might not survive it. But if they take too long to make the right call, there are a lot of situations where they straight-up won’t survive that moment of indecision.

@paoloviti6156 3 жыл бұрын

In truth I must say that you still pay for your mistakes often with your life altrough modern fighters of nowadays seems to be more reliable but the dangers are always lurking behind...

@khawajaawaisottoman3675 3 жыл бұрын

Was waiting for this for quite long..

@mil3ntsm 3 жыл бұрын

Same here!

@Cycy0099 3 жыл бұрын

Me too bro, Thx for such a wonderful interview now waiting for part 2 (f6-j6) my fav plane just like the f86. Plz do more of these Pakistani pilots interviews especially the war veterans.

@thespatulaa 10 ай бұрын

I absolutely love your pfp

@RawPower7 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Looking forward hearing this! Thank you.

@osamadogar9892 3 жыл бұрын

Proud to know his whole family

@Karlal313 3 жыл бұрын

Much obliged to channel for introducing one of our veterans. watched part 1 wholeheartedly and now going to watch the second part. Love from Pakistan.

@redbaron9029 3 жыл бұрын

He is very right it's every kids dream to become a fighter pilot in PAF.

@noneewqwe 3 жыл бұрын

loved the interview and a perspective on how they trained in “low tech” days. I do fly rc jets and God knows i end up crashing more on the maidens that not... cannot even imagine getting in a real jet w/o instructor in the back seat ... hats off to the early day jet pilots .. you guys are amazing.

@javaidhaider9289 3 жыл бұрын

The F 86 was designed by the German Alexander Lippisch. He designed the famous rocket plane the Me 163, the fastest plane of its time capable,of doing speeds of 700 mph/hour. Just a shade below speed of sound.

@joetaylor486 3 жыл бұрын

Oh my! I did not know that. Herr Lippisch was clearly a very talented airframe designer, but the Germans in that era seemed to have an embarrassment of riches when it came to aerospace innovators and especially advocates for delta wings - The Horten brothers and Prandtl spring to mind.

@jeffreywright4656 3 жыл бұрын

Are you sure. I think it was Edgar Schmued who designed the F86, also the P51.

@GrimReaper-wz9me 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent! A true pleasure to listen to & the questions had a very nice flow covering all phases of training & the individual a/c descriptions! I was wondering whether or not this Fighter Pilot ever dove the Sabre into supersonic flight? I ask because on one version of the RCAF Sabre it could go through the Mach in a dive. One Pilot related that he could even deploy the boards in supersonic flight with no problems. In the 1960s the RCAF used the F-86 in a similar manner as the PAF as a lead in fighter/trainer for the very hot CF-104 Starfighter. Thanks & Cheers to You Both!

@nervo6321 3 жыл бұрын

Great interview thoroughly enjoyed it...

@gamerdude1632 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for doing this interview.

@Aircrewinterview 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it.

@Dojojo1799 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome interview of an amazing pilot!

@muhammadazeem1262 3 жыл бұрын

Wao surprised that girls have interest in this kind of stuff

@gangadeshmatakimaut4739 3 жыл бұрын

Both in 65 and 71 the "PAF" comprehensively outperformed the "IAF" despite the latter owning the then formidable Mig-21, I guess the Indians truly lived up-to their moniker IAF= "Incompetent Air Force".......Kudos for the upload.

@thrisha1980 3 жыл бұрын

Hmmmmm gnats anyone

@rawdyrider Жыл бұрын

Good one.Facts as well

@michaelguerin56 3 жыл бұрын

Great storytelling. Looking forward to the next instalment. We all did sillier things when younger. We never completely stop doing silly things though.

@Aircrewinterview 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Michael.

@thefrecklepuny 3 жыл бұрын

Whilst the pilot exploits from the USAF, USN, RAF, Armee de L' Air, and Aeonavale are great, it's always special to hear from the lesser-known air arms such as the Pakistan Air Force.

@learn_networking1 3 жыл бұрын

Pakistan Airforce is the only airforce in the world which successfully shot down Russian, Indian and Israeli aircrafts comprehensively......

@learn_networking1 3 жыл бұрын

@Ayaan Aryan It burnt your asses.... Wing cmdr Aby none done from India... Tea is fantastic...

@Hamza-fr1gj 3 жыл бұрын

Pakistan has pilots which served in 4 air forces... Pakistani Ace Pilot shot down 5 indian jets in 1 minute 4 of which were under 30 seconds... due to mistake of indian jets not breaking up.. 1 broke up of 5 so he just took 4 out as they were easy target and then went after the 5th... Then we have 8 Pass Charlie (codename given by indian army) an unknown pilot who used to do bombing raids but he instead of dropping all 8 bombs at once used to do 8 passes with precise strikes.. and he used to swtich his engine off while going for the dive and start it once he had dropped the bomb... Many more pilots are there..

@umarchaudhry8953 3 жыл бұрын

Nice interview

@margalla2 3 жыл бұрын

great video sir

@Aircrewinterview 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@daaniyalmasum6842 3 жыл бұрын

Great interview and excellent narration. Was engaged throughout. In case you're ever interested in talking to an F-104 pilot who has combat experience on the type - feel free to get in touch. Have just the person for that.

@wajihulhassan6738 3 жыл бұрын

Can you please do the interview of Pakistani pilot who shot down Israeli jets in arab-israel war.

@strikerone814 3 жыл бұрын

unfortunately hes (Saiful Azam) is not with us anymore :( he passed away on 14 June 2020.. he shot down 3 Israeli Jets..

@wajihulhassan6738 3 жыл бұрын

@@strikerone814 sad to hear this

@secondtononepaf 3 жыл бұрын

@@strikerone814 theres another PAF pilot aswell who shot down jets

@UmarFarooq-nl4eq 3 жыл бұрын

@@strikerone814 He Is Talking About Air Cmdr Sattar Alvi..He Is Still Alive.!

@strikerone814 3 жыл бұрын

@@UmarFarooq-nl4eq oh yeah :)

@TheChipMcDonald 3 жыл бұрын

Did I understand it right, the instructor hung off the side of the cockpit while taxiing and a abbreviated take off run...???

@universe616 3 жыл бұрын

yep

@indigenouspassion494 3 жыл бұрын

Very interesting interview, can I know Mr Tahir any contact

@alirafi141947 3 жыл бұрын

First viewer!!

@bazonka1 3 жыл бұрын

Yay

@sultankhan2739 3 жыл бұрын

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@exploreradverturer8396 3 жыл бұрын

...The Interview is in English. Learn Some English Please.

@sultankhan2739 3 жыл бұрын

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@exploreradverturer8396 3 жыл бұрын

@@sultankhan2739 Ask Your Mother Then Why She Throw You Out in this world then.