Originally Posted by
longer ron
It is but I thought he was being brave describing Kermies engine as a 1000 Hr TBO engine - I have always wondered what the highest actual TBO time a Sabre ever got to in service,I would imagine a lot less than 1000 hrs
I don't know... the Sabre got a bad reputation due to the problems with the early versions. The servicability of the later versions, such as in the Tempest TT.5, was fine according to several sources (just don't ask me to list these right now...).