lots of discussions as to what it was
Mid 70s, AzANG operated two ex-Tbird F-100Fs for the Guard training school, both without guns, replaced with ballast and painted completely flat silver. For grins, took one thru NAS Lemoore one morning on an out and back from TUS with a student in training. Climbing down the ladder, the young wide-eyed Navy kid on the transient line crew asked me, "Is this a MiG?"
There was a wealthy dual-citizenship (So. Africa/US) guy who owned a flyable ex-Danish F-100F and kept it at El Paso Intl in 2003. Beautiful machine painted in Tbird display colors. Talked to his civvy crew chief at the time who said the guy's intent was to trade it in on a 2-seat F-106B. Right.
The rich guy also owned the only existing example of the old McDonnell 4-engine biz-jet which competed for sales with the Lockheed Jetstar....and lost. Evidently, his intention at the time was to restore it to a reliably flyable condition for trips between the US and So Africa.
