North American Aviation (NAA)
was a major American aerospace manufacturer, responsible for a number of historic aircraft, including the T-6 Texan trainer, the P-51 Mustang fighter, the B-25 Mitchell bomber, the F-86 Sabre jet fighter, the X-15 rocket plane, and the XB-70, as well as Apollo command and service module, the second stage of the Saturn V rocket, the Space Shuttle orbiter and the B-1 Lancer.
Through a series of mergers and sales, North American Aviation became part of North American Rockwell, which later became Rockwell International and is now part of Boeing.
North American: Fighters
North American F-86 Sabre / North American F-86K Sabre
North American F-100 Super Sabre
North American F4J Fury / North American A-5 Vigilante
North American AJ Savage / North American T-2 Buckeye
North American T-39 Sabreliner / North American XB-70 Valkyrie
“When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.”