On this date in 1952, Captain James Slade Nash, U.S. Air Force, a test pilot at the Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California, flew a North American Aviation F-86D-20-NA Sabre Dog, 51-2945, to a FAI World Absolute Speed Record at the Salton Sea, in the Colorado Desert of southeastern California, few miles east of Palm Springs. Under less than ideal conditions, the new international speed record was established when the Sabre Dog roared by at 699.9 miles an hour, breaking the previous 1948 record of 670+ miles per hour. Captain Nash barreled the interceptor four times over the course as close as 100 feet to the ground.
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