Nice To See the F-100 Flying Again!
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- Wish I could have been on hand for the launch of this one, our F-100 flew again today! I was a late arrival, though just in time to see her launch. Our pilot Rick and Jet Jerod took off to do some air work in preparation for the airshow. Link to Jet Jerod's channel:
/ @jetjerod
We were also guests today on the "From The Right Seat" podcast today, hosted by Aaron, one of the volunteers with the Gulf Coast Wing of the Commemorative Air Force.
Link to Aaron's channel:
/ @slowp9934
The podcast itself can be found on all podcast platforms (Apple Podcast, Spotify, etc).
For those of you that are on Instagram, check out Jack's page, as he regularly posts stuff from the hangar. His page is at:
/ jones.aviation
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I worked as a WCS tech on the F-100 for several years as a member of the Ohio ANG. We took part in the boresighting of the sight system and guns, as well as maintenance on the radar, good times.
That jet is the jettest jet we ever built.
Crewed a F-100 back in the early 70's. Good to see this one still flying.
That's awesome, thank you for your service! What did you like most about flying the Hun?
@@DieselThunderAviation I was ground crew. Didn't fly but did do run up tests after engine swaps, etc. A bit unnerving was sliding down the intake for the first time to do an inspection.
Nice to see !!
Dad was usaf production test pilot at NAA for 100d's
5000 hrs !!
ps : he took Hoover on his t-39 check ride , said when you fly with him it makes you want to throw your wings in the trash 😂😂
Lovely to see her in the air again!
Great video! Thanks for sharing. Great to see so many dedicated people working on keeping this 'Hun' flying.
Keep working working your strong magic on keeping these wondrous birds in the air 👍🏻🤩🇺🇸👏🏻
The F-100 is probably my favorite Century Series Fighter.
Good to see it fly again, I remember seing the Royal Danish Airforce F-100's in the air over Denmark back when I was a young boy, always exiting to see the sleek form of the F-100. RDAF has saved one in the museum at Stauning airport in Jutland.
kd41599, FYI this aircraft is actually an ex-RDAF aircraft! It flew with the Danish as GT-844.
She sure is! All the way down the Martin Baker Mk 5 ejection seat, instead of the North American Aviation built ejection seat. Of the two flightworthy Super Sabres, she is the oldest, tail number 56-3844.
Saw the F100 east bound over Clear Lake this morning!
So glad to see it flying again.....I spent two years in the back seat of an F-100F back in 1968-69 participating in G-forces experiments for the NASA / Apollo programs.....we pushed and exceeded limits on occasion, and switched from the airplane back and forth between the human centrifuge where I officially pulled 15gz whereupon was awarded the USAF "Order of the Elephant" certificate......during which time I could not move or breath and survival was uppermost in my enfeebled mind. Would love to sit in the cockpit just one more time. Love that airplane and the great adventures of my day..... Keep the Hun flying.
Great work guys, you've got a good team there.
Saw the great Bob Hoover fly the F100 twice; one hell of a show👍
Fly it like ya stole it !😀
Love the videos! F100 is an awesome airplane, great to see it up close.
There is an F100 mounted at the entrance to the Grand Haven municipal airport in Grand Haven, Michigan. It's to see and hear one actually flying. Thanks for your video!
Holy crap! I had no idea you guys with the Vietnam museum branch were in the Houston area (Ellington?) I was Houston Center ATC, former USAF C-130 aircrew and a licensed pilot so I would go to Wings Over Houston whenever I could. It would be 4 hour drive now for me now and an overnight stay, but I'd drive back down there to see the F-100 (and the F-4 hopefully fly).
The wonderful sound of an original J 57.
I want to see it fly at Wings Over Houston, please!
Beautiful thing, nice to hear the J57 vocalizations 😁
I checked out jerod's video, and it was awesome.
Yeah, he's got some great stuff on his channel! And certainly is nice to see the F-100 flying!
Thanks phor the KOOL video!
Now that was something…Seeing the old Bi-plane fly by as the F-100 was taxing in 👍🏻🤩🧐😁
That was one of Lone Star Flight Museum's Boeing Stearman. They have two that are flightworthy.
Congrats to Rick and all the guys at the Vietnam Aircraft museum. The sled looked. But you missed the best part, the burner kicking in. It makes one hell of a bang (almost as good as a Thud). Who's thought it was a good idea to disconnect a fuel line without putting a bucket under it.
Thank you! One of these days the wind will cooperate we'll have the departure on our end of the runway. Not sure on the bucket though.
Cool! Thanks for the video!
Our pleasure!
The pissing the fuel on the ground is a Pratt and Whitney thing. GEs including the j79 dont do that, they scavenge the fuel. F-15s with the 220e still piss fuel. Pratt finally figured it out with the 229 and new engines
Learned something new today, thanks!
@DieselThunderAviation I learn something new every time I watch your videos. Either you teach or show me something or dad explains something to me. So we'll call it a even trade.
Also, not true, lots of military planes did this as the ecology bottles required by the EPA and FAA weren’t required for military ops.
@GLEX234 most early jets did this. GE had it figured out my the mid 50s with the j79. Pratt didn't until the mid 90s. Now this is on their military jet. But I'm sure the jt3 did because it was a j57. And the jt4 did because it was a j75. They might of added bottles to catch it. But I know that the j79 didn't have to cycle the throttle and have a catch bucket under it. And the f110ge100 didn't have to do that either. But the pratt 100 200 220 had to cycle the throttle before shut off and it would piss fuel. You where supposed to catch it with a bucket. I'm sure if crew cheif al is asked he can tell you the same thing. I believe he said he crewed f-16s at Ellington. If he was there after 95 he probably crewed our old block 25s, with the pratt 220e's
hope to see her at the airshow this year! beautiful jet!
In some cases the 'relieved' fuel pressure is routed to a scupper in the combustor can. You'll see a puff of blue smoke on shutdown. It was noticeable to some and on some planes it was just allowed to dump on the apron. They called this valve the "Ecology valve" since we were saving the environment from the smoky emissions. :P (P&W retiree )
Visited the American Heritage Museum over the weekend and the F-100 and F-4 were in the back of my mind while I walked about the F-105G
Awesome! Some years ago the Foundation did try to acquire a flyable Thud, but were told no.
Having some fun in the Hun. SuperSabre- but no dance.....
We definitely don't want to take her to the dance!
The little GA plane behind looked quite close with the runup at shutdown, I guess the video makes it look closer.
Totally unintentional but great timing by that Stearman pilot! That was one of Lone Star Flight Museums aircraft, and that one took off from runway 22 instead of 17R. The right hand turn after takeoff takes them over their ramp at the museum!
My dad was a armament loader late 60s on the F-100. 103rd Connecticut ANG Flying Yankees.
Awesome, thanks! Is the foundation looking for any military-rated fighter pilots to volunteer fly?
We are always looking for volunteers! Never hurts to add to the pilot roster as well, what did you fly?
Not me, but I know 2 guys that flew the F-16, F-18C, F-18E/F, and T-38. Both have combat time. I’m sure both would love an opportunity to fly every aircraft you have in the hangar. Both are in the reserves now in non-flying jobs, but they want to fly. Both are also airline pilots. They just really miss fast jets and I’m sure they’d love an opportunity to fly with y’all there at the foundation.
always the looker
I can’t imagine the conversation that pilots had at work the next day flying a 777…
Hey what did you do this weekend…
Aww..nothing much…Flew some acrobatics in the F-100 😅😮😂
Ha! Was quite an honor to fly back seat and get some stick time. Both Rick and I fly private jets for our “real” jobs, neither of us are airline pilots but you’re right, we never take flying any of these for granted. It’s a ton of work and takes considerable resources but the honor/privilege is worth every bit.
@@JetJerod Thank you for all for all you do to get it ready for us to enjoy 👍🏻😎
A DCS guy here: I see the nav lights flashing on the F-100. On DCS/Heatblur’s F-4E, the wingtip nav lights don’t flash. The white under fuselage lights, v-stab leading edge red light and trailing tip white position light all flash together. Many years ago, when I was a kid near San Diego, I could swear the wingtip lights flashed together with the others on F-4Ns and F-4Ss out of NAS Miramar.
How do they work on the F-4D?
Could you do a quick video with a close up of every light on F-4D and its location on the aircraft ( not necessarily illuminated, if that’s not feasible)? They were all incandescent bulbs, I think. Are they going to stay that way or get changed to LED? Although, I think you may have said there’s no intention of flying this F-4 at night.
Maybe your video could include lights of the TA-4 and F-100, too?
Also, I see a MiG-21U in the hangar. Did that one, by chance, come from San Diego in about the last 5 years or so?
Ta-4 Engine should be Pratt and Whitney J52-6 been almost 40years since I was i VT-25 . Time flies.
Both of the TA-4’s here at Ellington have the J52-P8’s in them (9,300 lbs thrust). Collings has P8C and 518 has P8B. But you’re correct that most of the TA4J’s had J52-P6’s
F-100
9:09 It leaks fuel like a Dog urinating on the ground marking its territory.
are you working with Grinelli designs as well for their module? Just curious about that, thats all...
We are, and they working hard on that aircraft! Looking forward to seeing the Hun in DCS soon!
Beautiful music.
When is the paint work going to be done?
Paint work?
Good to see the Super Sabre flying! As a former Skyhawk guy, I also appreciate the look at your TA-4! I had a license to run the engines on my squadron's A-4M's and TA-4's, so I've dealt with the air start process. The A-4M's eventually got JFS (jet fuel starters) and didn't require any GSE to start. The early A-4's had the J65 engine and didn't even have that onboard turbine to start with the assistance of GSE. There was a separate piece of GSE that had a turbine that drove a shaft that extended up into the J65. This external turbine had to be inserted to start the J65, and then removed after starting. The A-4C at the Warbird Heritage Foundation has one configured like this, and I got a video of the start process: ua-cam.com/video/VmA255p2MHg/v-deo.html
Quick question for anyone really. Is there any significance to the unfinished panels on the left side rear of the airframe? I have seen a few dated photos of other F100's like that and wondered.
Sure is! You'll see in old pictures where the Air Force painted the entire fuselage, but they learned that the paint didn't last long in that area due to the heat from the engine. Rather than constantly touch up the paint, they opted to just leave it bare/polished.
SUPER SABRE F-100
Is this at Ellington?
Sure is!
Beautiful, are the seats hot?
She sure is! And to my knowledge, the seats are hot.
Yep! They’re fully functioning hot seats. Martin Bakers in this case, not the original Dart system
Where do they fit the train horn on the F-100 😮😅😂
Over at the railroad tracks a couple hundred yards west on the airfield! There's a set of tracks that runs parallel to highway 3. I've been interupted a few times now by a train horn blasting whilst I'm talking to the camera 😁
@@DieselThunderAviation You guys are all on the right side of the tracks 👍🏻😁😎
I see Oscars vikery might
Sure did!
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approximately 45 seconds of F-100 flying in a 23 and a half minute video.
Good morning Diesel.
Morning!
well that cleared all the FOD off the hardstand
Sure did! The airport is usually pretty good at keeping the ramps clean otherwise.
@@DieselThunderAviation and looks sexier than groundies with a leaf blower!
What variant is this F-100? Also, I hope you guys know what to do to avoid getting into the dreaded "sabre dance"
F-100F
Correct, she is a two seat F model.
@@DieselThunderAviation Nice! Any chance of bringing it down to the Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino, CA for a flight demonstration? I would love to see it fly in person. (Also you should see the QF-100D they have. It's a bit mangled in the rear, as one would expect, but still in amazing condition.)
@@DieselThunderAviation Yes. When I was in the Army at Ft.Bliss (El Paso). I got to know David and eventually got a ride in it in 1998.
RIP David Tokoph.
Really wanted to see him get one of those F-106's he had flying.