Pilot Tour - Dragonfly Tour before Central Coast Airshow 2024
Вставка
- Опубліковано 28 чер 2024
- Legendary Australian F/A-18 Hornet Pilot Jason Easthope explains the RAAF Cessna Dragonfly, Australia's only flying Dragonfly, meticulously preserved by the Temora Aviation Museum. In this exclusive interview, Jason, the commanding officer of the 100 Squadron and a seasoned military pilot, shares his experiences and insights of the Cessna A-37B Dragonfly.
The Dragonfly aircraft flys at many airshows across Australia, such as the Central Coast Airshow, Shellharbour Airshow and many more.
What you'll discover in this video:
Unique Heritage: Learn about the Dragonfly’s unique status as the sole operational model in Australia and its storied history.
Pilot Insights: Hear from Jason about his career flying iconic aircraft like the F/A-18 Hornet and his role in preserving aviation history.
Aircraft Specs: Delve into the Dragonfly's performance capabilities, including its adapted speed for preservation during airshows.
Combat History: Uncover the operational legacy of the Dragonfly during the Vietnam War and its transformation from a training aircraft to a combat-ready machine.
Technical Tour: Take a close look at the aircraft’s features, including its powerful Lear Jet engines and armament, and understand what makes it a formidable machine even today.
Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and comment with your questions. - Розваги
Just for your information just in case you do not know about the history of this particular Dragonfly.
This A-37B was an ex VNAF bird left behind after the fall of sai-Gon in 1975 and got bought out in the 90s I believe from Bien-Hoa AFB. The markings on this Dragonfly is what it wore 49 years ago of the 516th Fighter Squadron "Flying Tiger" as you can see the 516 badge on the port side of the vertical stabilizer and the 41st Tactical Wing badge on the starboard side, the dark blue band with white stars wrapped around the fuselage is the identification band of the 41st TW.
I' the one who help to provide the marking artworks to the Temora team when they did the restoration 2017 / 2018.
Regards.
Thanks for this detailed explanation… very informative! I’ll pin this comment for everyone to read. It was a real treat to interview CO Jason Easthope. I’m hoping to come to Temora Aviation Museum soon. Thanks again.
You asked some great questions and kept quiet while the pilot talking. Great job 👍🏼
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching Ben.
Legend aircraft, my favourite! And a legend custodian, Easty is great as a pilot and in showcasing our history with these beautiful aircraft
Couldn’t agree more Brad! I enjoyed interviewing him and getting a look around the Dragonfly. Top bloke. Thanks for watching my video.
Thank you you sir keep up the hard work
Thanks Martin, I’m glad you enjoyed the video. See you on the next one.
Easty is a legend! Ex Hornet driver, a nicer a bloke you won't meet.
Super nice guy… I read he did the final Hornet display over Williamtown. Group leader of his squadron too.
@@BeSnappy yes, I was fortunate enough to be there that day as I was attached to 2 OCU.
Best boss I ever had, as my CO at 77SQN at the retirement of the Classic Hornet.
Easty is a really nice guy i have filmed his Displays at Wiliamtown and Wings Over illawarra awesome video are you going to be at Central coast airshow ill be there Filming for Paul bennet
Hey there… glad you liked the video. Jason really is a nice guy, I enjoyed interviewing him. Yep, I’ll be at the Central Coast Airshow. I did a video with Paul on the Sea Fury on my YT channel. I’ll see you there.
@@BeSnappy nice ill be out on field filming so ill find ya and say hello
Cooler than the A-10. Period. 🤫🤭
Sharing to the frontpage loyal sub for life Snappy good sh*t! Every time u say nugget a Dankpod gets his 1 GRIT
Thanks for watching my videos! I appreciate it… and thanks so much for sharing them. More to come.