My dad worked on the F-100 for a few months before they got phased out! He was with the 104th fighter Wing Westfield Massachusetts...MANG then they received A-10s.....he retired in 97 as Aerospace Chief E-8...Great Video!
My b-i-l flew these at Myrtle Beach AFB mid 50s and early 60s. I learned a great respect and love for all pilots and their families. My favorite thing was going on the beach and bird watching. It thrilled my young heart to wave both arms and get a "wing tip" back and chills. It's a patriotism and love of country thing. I'm grateful to all of them and my folks for teaching me. Dad was an aircraft mechanic going all the way back to the P-51 and up. God bless them all and keep them safe.
What I see here are compressor stalls, not afterburner starts & stops. Saw them occasionally in F-100's back in the '60's. They are due to disruption of airflow within the jet engine. More modern jets do not have this problem.
@@dak7565 It's the type of afterburner, called "Hard-Lit", its just how it was developed for this particular plane/engine combination. Hoped this helped clear this up. :)
The J-57 engine used in the F-100 had just a single set of afterburner spray bars and the afterburner nozzle had just two positions - full closed and full open. As such the burner was either on or off with nothing in between. Later engines like the J-79 used in the F-4 had four sets of spray bars and the nozzle opened and closed progressively. As such the J-79's burner came on low and then it was gradually throttled up to full afterburner.
That was one reason they built the F models so as to reduce the accident rate by using it as a trainer. The F models were also used in Vietnam as high speed forward air controllers. I worked on F-100's during the 1970's when I was in the Air National Guard and I got two rides in the back seat of an F model.
You are right about the airspeed being critical on the F-100. The Super Sabre was an easy airplane to kill yourself in if you ever got it going too slow. It had a high wing load and the wing tips could stall while the wing roots were still producing a lot of lift. This would make the plane pitch nose up and it would eventually slow down and crash. Even if you fired the afterburner the engine wasn't powerful enough to push the plane up and away from the ground. Google "sabre dance f-100" and look at the famous footage of an F-100 doing the sabre dance until it crashes and blows up.
That afterburner popping on is pretty abrupt! What’s with the guy talking about charging batteries! Shut up and watch the historical artifact putting on a demonstration and shut up!
It flies, but... is it performing? Big trouble lifting that ass of the ground. F-86 performed kinda 3x better. Even that B-17 seems to feel a little bit happier in the air.
@@Wickedboatsandplanes hmmm... perhaps I put too much demands on this grandpa. He did most of his job in 60-s and retired 5 years before I was born... and still flies. I probably won't do much better ;)
I’m going to Ft. Wayne for the super Sabre Society reunion in September and want sooo badly to get a ride in The HUN. My husband flew his dream jet for 6 years and I always wondered what it was like. To feel that after burner go off- I would give just about anything!! We’ll see if they would even consider letting me fly!
@@sandrataylor7488 The Collings Foundation has an F-100F that they sell rides in. The flight is like 45 minutes and they charge $8,000. Currently the Collings Foundation has had their certification pulled by the FAA because they crashed their B-17 and maintenance and operational issues were factors in the crash. I flew in an F-100F twice while I was in the Air Guard. When the burner lights you feel a thump in your back and the acceleration increases. Then when the burner shuts off the plane decelerates and you get thrown forward into the safety belts.
My left ear loved the afterburner kicking in like a depth charge
What a gorgeous aircraft. What a pity there aren't more of them flying.
My dad worked on the F-100 for a few months before they got phased out! He was with the 104th fighter Wing Westfield Massachusetts...MANG then they received A-10s.....he retired in 97 as Aerospace Chief E-8...Great Video!
I lost a lot of money watching the A10s return to Westfield white attending Southern Auto Auction.
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I was in the 104th about the same time. Your last name sounds familiar. What was your father's first name?
My b-i-l flew these at Myrtle Beach AFB mid 50s and early 60s. I learned a great respect and love for all pilots and their families. My favorite thing was going on the beach and bird watching. It thrilled my young heart to wave both arms and get a "wing tip" back and chills. It's a patriotism and love of country thing. I'm grateful to all of them and my folks for teaching me. Dad was an aircraft mechanic going all the way back to the P-51 and up. God bless them all and keep them safe.
Love that POW! of the afterburner light.
The POW of that burner.
Great to see my old Vietnam plane still in action!
Were they a handful to fly
@@isaacmcpeek9636 not so much.
It’s a shame this thing gets overlooked because things like the F-105 thunder chief and F-4 Phantom exist.
Awesome awesome awesome 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
It's kinda strange seeing how stop- and-start the afterburner is on this plane.
What I see here are compressor stalls, not afterburner starts & stops. Saw them occasionally in F-100's back in the '60's. They are due to disruption of airflow within the jet engine. More modern jets do not have this problem.
Alex Wal
They used to do it frequently during airshows in the '50s. What a thrill it was to watch, as a kid.
@@dak7565 It's the type of afterburner, called "Hard-Lit", its just how it was developed for this particular plane/engine combination. Hoped this helped clear this up. :)
The J-57 engine used in the F-100 had just a single set of afterburner spray bars and the afterburner nozzle had just two positions - full closed and full open. As such the burner was either on or off with nothing in between. Later engines like the J-79 used in the F-4 had four sets of spray bars and the nozzle opened and closed progressively. As such the J-79's burner came on low and then it was gradually throttled up to full afterburner.
Would that be a trainer model with the additional second seat?
That was one reason they built the F models so as to reduce the accident rate by using it as a trainer. The F models were also used in Vietnam as high speed forward air controllers. I worked on F-100's during the 1970's when I was in the Air National Guard and I got two rides in the back seat of an F model.
F-100 = Boom F-101 = Boom Boom
The F-100 always reminds me of a crocodile for some reason.
The air intake ooks like a vaccum cleaner😂
Beautiful plane. Just by looking at these videos, it seems more like flying a rocket than an airplane where minimum air speed is critical. (?)
You are right about the airspeed being critical on the F-100. The Super Sabre was an easy airplane to kill yourself in if you ever got it going too slow. It had a high wing load and the wing tips could stall while the wing roots were still producing a lot of lift. This would make the plane pitch nose up and it would eventually slow down and crash. Even if you fired the afterburner the engine wasn't powerful enough to push the plane up and away from the ground. Google "sabre dance f-100" and look at the famous footage of an F-100 doing the sabre dance until it crashes and blows up.
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My right ear is alone
Very charming jet. ❤️❤️❤️
greek cypriots loves this plane too much!
F-100 super sabre be like
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That afterburner popping on is pretty abrupt!
What’s with the guy talking about charging batteries! Shut up and watch the historical artifact putting on a demonstration and shut up!
It flies, but... is it performing? Big trouble lifting that ass of the ground. F-86 performed kinda 3x better. Even that B-17 seems to feel a little bit happier in the air.
it only flies at a few shows, so.....not really performing. just some passes, pop some burner, land
@@Wickedboatsandplanes hmmm... perhaps I put too much demands on this grandpa. He did most of his job in 60-s and retired 5 years before I was born... and still flies. I probably won't do much better ;)
I’m going to Ft. Wayne for the super Sabre Society reunion in September and want sooo badly to get a ride in The HUN. My husband flew his dream jet for 6 years and I always wondered what it was like. To feel that after burner go off- I would give just about anything!! We’ll see if they would even consider letting me fly!
@@sandrataylor7488 The Collings Foundation has an F-100F that they sell rides in. The flight is like 45 minutes and they charge $8,000. Currently the Collings Foundation has had their certification pulled by the FAA because they crashed their B-17 and maintenance and operational issues were factors in the crash. I flew in an F-100F twice while I was in the Air Guard. When the burner lights you feel a thump in your back and the acceleration increases. Then when the burner shuts off the plane decelerates and you get thrown forward into the safety belts.
I flew in the "F" model several times with the best pilots in the world. It' beats any arcade ride!
Just a b-17 landing nothing to see here
At 3:00 a sonic boom.
AB really pops on f- 100.
Not in a climb