A.P. 4503D-P.N.
							 Pilots's Notes

				PART I
			     DESCRIPTIVE

	    NOTE.-(a) Words in capital letters indicate markings
		      on the controls concerned.

	      	  (b) The numbers quoted in brackets after items
		      in the text refer to the illustrations in Part VI.

	      	  (c) Unless otherwise stated, all airspeeds and
		      mach numbers quoted are "indicated".

A.L.1         INTRODUCTION
Introduc-
  tion             (i)  These notes are intended to cover the F86E Sabre Mk. 4 aircraft
Part 8 	        supplied for service with the Royal Air Force.  The aircraft is
	        powered by a J47-GE-13 axial flow engine developing approxi-
	        mately 5,200 lb. static thrust at sea level, and is fitted with a
	        "flying tail," power-operated controls, artificial stick-feel system
	        and fuselage air brakes.  Where gallons are quoted, they are
	        shown as Imperial gallons.  One hundred Imperial gallons are
	        equivalent to one hundred and twenty U.S. gallons.
	  |(ii) Later aircraft are fitted with an extended wing-leading-edge and
	  |     the slats, which are fitted to earlier aircraft, are deleted.  (See
	  |     Appendix V at the end of these notes.)			   A.L.2

	  FUEL AND OIL SYSTEMS
	  1.   Fuel tanks
	   (i)  Five self-sealing fuel tanks are fitted, two in each fuselage,
	        one in the wing centre section and one in each wing.  Fuel
	        is supplied to the engine from the centre-section tank
	        which receives fuel from all the other internal tanks by
	        gravity feed.  Gravity flow from the rear fuselage tank
	        is supplemented by an electrical transfer pump which
	        operates automatically when the fuel in the centre-section
	        tank drops below approximately 46 Imp. gallons.
	   (ii) The main fuel supply can be augmented by installation
	        of a 100 Imp. gallon drop tank (or, on later aircraft a
	        167 Imp. gallon tank) under each wing.  Compressed air
	        from the engine compressor forces the fuel from the drop
	        tanks into the forward fuselage tank through a float-
	        operated valve, and is used before fuel in the other tanks.

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