I would hope so. The M-39 revolver cannon was simpler than many handguns, and easier to work on. Except for the safety wire on the electrical connector, the only tools you needed for maintaning and replacing the guns was a big screwdriver and a big hammer. Plus the weapon was dead reliable and extremely hard-hitting. When the F-105D replaced many units of F-100s, the Gatling gun M-61 proved to be a huge step back in effective armament, compared to the four deadly guns on the Hun. Although the problems were eventually worked out, the linkless feed system for the M-61 initially was hopelessly flawed. Even loading ammo frequently caused system jams that required hours to correct. The inevitable jams during firing usually caused so much damage that the entire system, ammo drum and all, had to be removed from the aircraft and rebuilt, piece by piece. Even after the problems were fixed, the Gatling rate of fire was actually about 4,200-4,500 rounds per minute, compared to the total 6,000 plus for the F-100 guns. If one of the guns on an F-100 jammed, and this was rare indeed, the other three continued to operate. As soon as the M-61 jammed on the F-105, the fight was over for that pilot.
@@Hopeless_and_Forlorn The main problem we had was gtting our fingers punctured and infected from safty wire. Soap, water, gloves or ban aids were nonexistant on the flightline in Nam and I was over there for a year and eight months.
I remember the D's very well. I was in the Air Force from '68 to '72 stationed at Luke Air force base as a crew chief in Phoenix Arizona. After I did my OJT (on job training) for a year, went to Tuy Hoa AFB south Viet Nam in '70. Was a crew chief on 100 D's there, then came back to Luke AFB after my tour in Nam. I was cross trained on F-4D Phantoms and worked on them till I got out in '72. Seeing you in the intake really brought back memories. Whenever a pilot would have a bird strike, we'd have to crawl down into the intake and inspect the stator and rotar blades on the engine for any kind of damage. Sometimes if it was a big bird, got kinda messy! All in all I really enjoyed working of the F-100. Watching this video brought back a flood of memories. Thank you for posting this!
I too, was a Lead Sled crew chief at Luke AFB. Delta section. Only I had a F 100 F. It was a former Thunderbird plane. Some of the paint was still visible under the camo paint. Also a stencil in the nose wheel well with the former c/c's name and rank. I arrived at Luke in 1970 from Misawa AB Japan. I was a T-33 C/C and T-39 assistant C/C. Witnessed a Sabre Dance while at Luke. Terrible. I was in from 1967 to 71 The really "cool" part about being a T 33 crew chief was I got a lot of back seat time. It sure was fun.
@@bobpeg7457 I also was a LS crew chief. This was at Lakenheath England in the mid sixties. Mostly D and F models. Got a ride in the backseat the F to the bombing and strafing area while TDY to Wheelus. Actually got to file it a bit on the way back to base. They were not much fun to work on; things like having to remove the brakes to change a tire, putting that tail hook up after every drag chute deploy. Crawling down that intake for every preflight. Gave that all up and became a flight engineer on C-130E for my second hitch.
Also stationed at Luke AFB 69-70. Worked all three models. C,D and F models. Left Luke and went to Phu Cat AB, VIETNAM. Also transitioned to F4's. Avionics.
*Nice video, but a few corrections:* - Those are not LEX (Leading Edge Extensions) but slats. Leading Edge Extensions are part of the structure of the wing. Like the bits on F/A-18 that go mid-way to the canopy. - The reason why those slats are there has nothing to do with the wing being laminar flow. It's like saying the reason your car has headlights is because it has a big engine. The reason for the slats (which are low-speed lift aid devices) is because the wing is swept-back, which creates less drag at high speeds, but also less lift at low speeds. - Sabre dance is the name given to the erratic behaviour of the aircraft as pilots fight to gain control. The way it is put in the video suggests that it's the name given to the aerodynamic phenomena. Speaking of which... - Air always moves sideways as it hits the leading edge of a swept-wing and is called "span-wise flow". It's one of the inherent disadvantages of these designs. It only becomes more pronounced at slower speeds so as to affect the creation of lift. Video makes it sound like it only comes into existence at low speeds. - One of the other inherent disadvantages of swept-wings is that the tips of the wings stall before the roots of the wings (caused by span-wise flow). Since the root of the wing is further forward than the tip of the wing, the centre-of-lift shifts forward, which is what causes the pitch-up moment. It's a vicious cycle as more pitch-up moment causes more of the wing to stall, causing even more pitch-up moment, hence the fight to keep the aircraft under control. The situation is not helped by the fact that the ailerons are situated near the tips of the wings. As tips stall, aileron control is severely diminished. This wasn't a correction per se, I just wanted to make the process clearer. Fun fact! Those wing-fences were actually popularised by the Soviets, in a typical "low-cost-but-effective" fashion. When US engineers first saw the design on Mig-15s, they joked amongst themselves that the Soviets were trying to keep the flow from "defecting" to the tips. There, some Cold War-era aerodynamicists humour for you.
Great comment but need little correction too. Those are "Leading Edge Extensions Slats" which are a special case of Leading Edge Extensions *in general* . The wing elements you mentioned on F/A-18 are called Leading Edge *Root* Extension (LERX).
@@МаксимКоноплянка No one calls slats "leading edge extension slats". They are called "leading edge slats" if you want to be technical about it or simply slats. They've been in use since WW2 and they are always called slats. And no one really calls the wing extensions on the F/A-18 "leading edge root extensions" either. They are simply called leading edge extensions or LEX.
@@ChristianNelsonn Yes, they *simply* called "slats" and it's part of *Leading Edge Extensions* in general, as i said. Which include Leading-edge slat , Dogtooth extension, Leading-edge cuff, Leading-edge root extension, Leading-edge vortex controller... "And no one really calls the wing extensions on the F/A-18 "leading edge root extensions" either. They are *simply* called leading edge extensions or LEX." - So that's *simplification* again, like with slats, and this doesn't mean that this is the only correct option. So if we want "to be technical about", we must call them LERX to separate them from other Leading Edge Extensions. "The AMK involves the installation of strakes (ridges along the fuselage) and leading-edge root extensions (LERX) where the roots of the delta wings meet the main body of the aircraft, right above its chin intake. Other aircraft that prominently feature such extensions include the F/A-18A-G Hornet/Super Hornet and the Su-27 Flanker; and the benefits of LERX greatly show in their performance!" tacairnet.com/2015/07/15/improving-the-typhoons-aerodynamics/ "The areas of the leading edge root extensions was increased by 34 percent..." www.fighter-planes.com/info/f18e.htm "possibly with low-observable coatings on their leading edges and quadrilateral air intakes, along with the Super Hornet’s long leading edge root extensions (LERXs)..." foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/a-new-angle-on-this-shadowy-stealth-f-a-18-hornet-conce-1727910676 "Leading edge notches and dogtooths, a more common name for a sawtooth, are both types of wing modifications. The two devices are also related to the vortex generator and the leading edge root extension (LERX)" www.aerospaceweb.org/question/aerodynamics/q0228.shtml And on and on...
@@bradenross4182 I agree video is close but not dead on ..slats and flaps add lift and drag but you may to need to add power to fly in that configuration
I was in the AF from 68-72. My AFSC was 43151C. my first duty station out of tech school was Laredo AFB. It was an air training base where i crewed T-38 Talons. i was there a little over a year. Me and a buddy got tired of texas (lackland, Shepard, then laredo) so we volunteered to go to vietnam. I arrived in country May 1970 and they sent me to Tuy Hoa AB on the coast of the south china sea. It was a cool base, my hooch was almost on the beach. While there i crewed the F-100. after about five months there, they started to close the base and sent the planes back home to ANG bases. Well I was out of a job until they could send me to another base to finish my tour. While they were deciding were to send me. They decided to temporarily assign me the the ARMY running convoys up the coast to Quinhon. I was riding shotgun in a armored deuce and a half riding behind gun trucks and APCs. That was my first time outside the wire. I did this for about three weeks until my orders came thru sending me up to Danang to finish my tour. That was with the 366TFW, the Gunfighters. They had F-4DEs. They plenty of crew chiefs so the stuck me in AGE to finish my tour. That sucked. My state side base was at Holloman AFB, 49th TFW in New Mexico where I got to crew the F-4D. That was a sweet time, I got to do a 30 day TDY to Ramstein AB in germay for a NATO exercise during Oktoberfest. got back state side, then in May 1972 they sent me on another 30 day TDY to Takhli AB in Thailand. that TDY stretched out for five months. got back to Holloman where i was discharged in Dec. 1972. What a long strange trip it's been.
Great to see these reviews. I feel close to these plane as my father was one of the designers of the F-86 and F-100. Dad did the wings on the '86 (originally slated to be a delta) and the main air frame on the '100.
In the 1960s i was in the Air Force stationed at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona just outside Phoenix. We had the D and F models assigned to our base. We trained pilots to fly the F-100s.
You might want to remove that metal finger ring before you climb on/over/around an airplane. Getting it caught could rip your finger right off if you fell or lost your balance . Just some friendly advice. PS: I love your enthusiasm for airplanes. I feel the same way!
I was in avionics maintenance in the 1970's and my Air Guard unit was flying the F-100. I got two rides in the back seat of an F-100F. During the second ride we were practicing dogfighting against an F-15 and the F-100 shot it down. Apparently the pilot in the F-15 still needed lots more practice.
they didnt announce this aricraft not at all , even tho they are making more modern tanks they said that f100 will not be added if you have a source from war thunder page id like to take a look at
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I was a hydraulic specialist in the Air Force from 1967 to 1971 and stationed at Luke Air Force Base working on F100 C,D &F models 67 to 68 and then at Phan Rang AF base Vietnam 68 to 69. Is there anyone else on this site that did the same?
Yes I was a hydraulic tech also spent about 4 months TDY at Phan Rang summer of 1967 working on F100's. Was TDY from Tan Son Nhut. Worked nites and took the semi truck to the beach area on lots of days. Was a good time all in all. Was in county May 1967 to May 1968. Was at TSN during TET. So long ago. Was a good experience for sure. Mike Ives. USAF 1965 to 1969
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Thanks for the walk around and walk down memory lane! And I love your museum. Dad had been there and suggested I visit when I was in the Denver area. Right after USAF basic training, he went to a bomber electronics school at Lowry in your building back in the early 1950s. Anyway, I saw a couple of his favorite fighter aircraft in your museum, the Hun and the Phantom (he flew the F4C model in Vietnam). Dad flew the Super Saber at the USAF Fighter Weapons School at Ellis AFB, with the 615th TFS of the 401st TFW at England AFB, and then in combat out of Danang in the summer of 1964. So I remember this sleek missile of an aircraft from my early childhood. His F-100s were all silver, so the paint job on your beauty was new to me. Dad told me about the Sabre Dance and later found some video to show me. I am not sure whether the jets he flew had the wing fence or not. Anyway, thanks again!
The first time I seen a F 100 was with the Thuder Birds at Beale AFB in California. Also at Beale when they put the SR 71 there. I've always been aviation buff.
My father flew this during Vietnam as wing commander out of Myrtle Beach AFB, in the Guard so folks could rotate home. He'd sonic boom the base to let my Mom know he'll be home soon. Got in a bit of trouble doing that...I grew up sitting in this thing. He also flew MASH helicopters in Korea. OH, and before he retired, he flew this under the high voltage wires just north of Andrews Air Force base just to prove he could, clipped his tail...full throttle and through it on the runway. Almost killed himself...but got a couple hundred for a long standing bet with his squadron. Most fighter pilots are nuts...just sayin'
@@Jam_66 Thanks I was able to find it on the registry. Love this aircraft my Father flew these when they first became operational and for several years thereafter!
The Serial Number of this Hun reflects that it was ordered in Fiscal Year 1956, not 1963. Go look up the History of USAF Serial Numbers, and see what I'm describing.
The F100 flew with the Thunderbirds - and in 1968 during the closing "bomburst" maneuver at an airshow at Laughlin AFB TX Gen Merril McPeak lost the left wing of his F100 while pulling int a vertical climb. He ejected safely. Some years later - now a 2 Lt., I recounted seeing this to my boss (Col Clem Bellion) and my wing commander (Col Stan Musser) over a beer at Red Flag in 1980 only to learn that both of them had been in that airshow also and they both recalled it vividly. Small world eh?
I made model planes of this aircraft and I’m barely finding out about the dance, the short takeoff, the speed measurement, the front flap. And I thought I knew everything about old jets.
I crewed C model and F models in Niagara and TuyHoy, prettiest airplane ever made except for the F86. The HUN was a maintenance nightmare. "PULL the hook and door, or pull the aft section,which also required pulling the hook & door."
The 20mm cannons were unique. They were actually a revolver! Firing the cannon caused a slide to move rearward! Ejecting the spent round, loading a new round and turning a large cylinder, just like a revolver. 1250 rounds per minute and it could rip p the world.
I have a 20 mm cartridge and round fired by an F-100 at a target range in Michigan. We were on summer camp and went out to the range to watch our F-100's practice strafing ground targets. In between they let us walk out onto the range and pick up one round each as a souvenir.
i know i'm late to the party, i'm catching up on this series, in my home town of Myrtle Beach, the 354th used to be stationed here and there is still a F-100 on a pedestal next to MYR along with an A-10 and A-7
Spent my third grade, 1969, at Myrtle Beach AFB with my Dad in a F-100. He never told any of us kids that when he was "away" he was in Vietnam, he was a member of the Guard called up to allow guys to rotate home. He used to fly 'training' missions (plural) to Maine and come home with as many lobsters as the cockpit could hold. true story...
A friend of mineback in the late 90's early 2000's , named A J Outlaw, from Goldsboro NC had a F-100 that he got for $400. I tried to buy it from him but he had traded it for some helicopter parts, and he made a heck of a deal. The plane ended up at the Goldsboro municipal airport, but by the time I made contact with them it was given away to someone else... I'm not sure where it is now. The plane was in great shape and had some national guard lettering on it. I think it also had some Airforce lettering coming through the paint. I'm sure it could have been restored very easily, and it did not have much corrosion or any damage. Even the glass was fairly good.
@@bobpeg7457 lol nope. It was a plane. The wings were off and it was sitting on it's belly when I seen it. It was the Goldsboro NC airport.... Well they renamed it the Goldsboro NC jet port or something like that. It was not sitting on a pole the last time I went by there, but they have a A&P school there and it may be behind their building.
Great video, but you forgot a couple of things. The nickname for it was Hun (short for 100, obviously), and it was known as the last of the gun fighters. It would have been good to show us the armament- 4 Colt 20mm cannons under the nose (before the invention of the M61).
My favorite thing about the F-100 is that it was flown by John Boyd, who has a claim to being the greatest fighter pilot of all time. Not the best. The GREATEST.
The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk also had LABS/LAWS systems. A lot of folks called it the Scooter. On the Scooter we called the LEX, slats. Had a much better "chin up bar." Actually the refueling probe.
F-100 needs around 36k pounds of fuel per hour if you had it in full afterburner for an hour. Lol. That's around 5600 gallons of fuel. Haha. F-100 Internal fuel load is, 1200 gallons. So that means, in full afterburner, if you kept it in the whole time, internal fuel load will give you around 12 minutes total before you completely run out of fuel. Ha. That's actually not too bad considering the, F16 in full afterburner gives you only about 6 minutes. The F15 gives you 8 minutes. The F14 gave you 10 minutes. F18 gives you 7 minutes. F22 gives you 8 minutes. F35C gives you just above 9 minuets. F35B gives you 5 minutes. F35A gives you almost 7 minutes. So considering....the F-100 was pretty fuel efficient haha
Hi I m Sohail from Pakistan.. I want to share some mamory about F-86 saber.. this fighter hero of 1965 PAKISTAN, India war... Our Pakistani pilot Mr. M.M.Alam ... Made a World record against India... Mr. Alam sort down 5 jet in a minut.against India..
The Pitot tube doesn‘t measure fluid velocity, it measures static pressure and total pressure. By subtracting the static out of the total you get dynamic pressure which translates into velocity. It is an indirect method of measuring air speed. Unless I've been thought wrong in flight school?
@JetMechMA well, "ram" pressure is total pressure, dynamic+static. however you put it, a pitot tube doesn't measure speed/velocity, as static pressure has to be subtracted digitally or removed by differential capsule and only then the remaining dynamic pressure goes either in the equation calculating the speed in a digital gauge or, in analogic gauges, the mechanics doing the movement of the needle translate that pressure to speed. that's what i'm trying to say.
During my two Vietnam tours, I worked on these aircraft and got to the point were I could assemble these 20mm cannons with my eyes closed.
Where were you at? My dad was in Ubon, Thailand.
I would hope so. The M-39 revolver cannon was simpler than many handguns, and easier to work on. Except for the safety wire on the electrical connector, the only tools you needed for maintaning and replacing the guns was a big screwdriver and a big hammer. Plus the weapon was dead reliable and extremely hard-hitting. When the F-105D replaced many units of F-100s, the Gatling gun M-61 proved to be a huge step back in effective armament, compared to the four deadly guns on the Hun. Although the problems were eventually worked out, the linkless feed system for the M-61 initially was hopelessly flawed. Even loading ammo frequently caused system jams that required hours to correct. The inevitable jams during firing usually caused so much damage that the entire system, ammo drum and all, had to be removed from the aircraft and rebuilt, piece by piece. Even after the problems were fixed, the Gatling rate of fire was actually about 4,200-4,500 rounds per minute, compared to the total 6,000 plus for the F-100 guns. If one of the guns on an F-100 jammed, and this was rare indeed, the other three continued to operate. As soon as the M-61 jammed on the F-105, the fight was over for that pilot.
@@Hopeless_and_Forlorn The main problem we had was gtting our fingers punctured and infected from safty wire. Soap, water, gloves or ban aids were nonexistant on the flightline in Nam and I was over there for a year and eight months.
After all it was Mauser design (Mg-213) so it should be elegant piece of engineering. 😉
I hope u never had to, for the pilots sake
THE FIGHTING CATFISH!!!!
I AGREE LOL
Always good to see the F-100. One beautiful plane. I studied its engine when I was in the Air Force in 1962.
Who else thinks that video of the B-47 tossing its bomb and then rolling over is absolutely insane. I can't believe how awesome the B-47 was
I remember the D's very well. I was in the Air Force from '68 to '72 stationed at Luke Air force base as a crew chief in Phoenix Arizona. After I did my OJT (on job training) for a year, went to Tuy Hoa AFB south Viet Nam in '70. Was a crew chief on 100 D's there, then came back to Luke AFB after my tour in Nam. I was cross trained on F-4D Phantoms and worked on them till I got out in '72. Seeing you in the intake really brought back memories. Whenever a pilot would have a bird strike, we'd have to crawl down into the intake and inspect the stator and rotar blades on the engine for any kind of damage. Sometimes if it was a big bird, got kinda messy! All in all I really enjoyed working of the F-100. Watching this video brought back a flood of memories. Thank you for posting this!
I too, was a Lead Sled crew chief at Luke AFB. Delta section. Only I had a F 100 F. It was a former Thunderbird plane. Some of the paint was still visible under the camo paint. Also a stencil in the nose wheel well with the former c/c's name and rank. I arrived at Luke in 1970 from Misawa AB Japan. I was a T-33 C/C and T-39 assistant C/C. Witnessed a Sabre Dance while at Luke. Terrible. I was in from 1967 to 71 The really "cool" part about being a T 33 crew chief was I got a lot of back seat time. It sure was fun.
@@bobpeg7457 I also was a LS crew chief. This was at Lakenheath England in the mid sixties. Mostly D and F models. Got a ride in the backseat the F to the bombing and strafing area while TDY to Wheelus. Actually got to file it a bit on the way back to base. They were not much fun to work on; things like having to remove the brakes to change a tire, putting that tail hook up after every drag chute deploy. Crawling down that intake for every preflight. Gave that all up and became a flight engineer on C-130E for my second hitch.
@@bobpeg7457 Did the pilot get out in time (from the Sabre dance)?
@@b.chuchlucious5471 No he did not
Also stationed at Luke AFB 69-70. Worked all three models. C,D and F models. Left Luke and went to Phu Cat AB, VIETNAM. Also transitioned to F4's. Avionics.
Loved the F-100 served in the Philippines, Clark AFB and quick strike team in Tainan, Taiwan 1960. Video brought back lots of memories, Thanks
*Nice video, but a few corrections:*
- Those are not LEX (Leading Edge Extensions) but slats. Leading Edge Extensions are part of the structure of the wing. Like the bits on F/A-18 that go mid-way to the canopy.
- The reason why those slats are there has nothing to do with the wing being laminar flow. It's like saying the reason your car has headlights is because it has a big engine. The reason for the slats (which are low-speed lift aid devices) is because the wing is swept-back, which creates less drag at high speeds, but also less lift at low speeds.
- Sabre dance is the name given to the erratic behaviour of the aircraft as pilots fight to gain control. The way it is put in the video suggests that it's the name given to the aerodynamic phenomena. Speaking of which...
- Air always moves sideways as it hits the leading edge of a swept-wing and is called "span-wise flow". It's one of the inherent disadvantages of these designs. It only becomes more pronounced at slower speeds so as to affect the creation of lift. Video makes it sound like it only comes into existence at low speeds.
- One of the other inherent disadvantages of swept-wings is that the tips of the wings stall before the roots of the wings (caused by span-wise flow). Since the root of the wing is further forward than the tip of the wing, the centre-of-lift shifts forward, which is what causes the pitch-up moment. It's a vicious cycle as more pitch-up moment causes more of the wing to stall, causing even more pitch-up moment, hence the fight to keep the aircraft under control. The situation is not helped by the fact that the ailerons are situated near the tips of the wings. As tips stall, aileron control is severely diminished. This wasn't a correction per se, I just wanted to make the process clearer.
Fun fact! Those wing-fences were actually popularised by the Soviets, in a typical "low-cost-but-effective" fashion. When US engineers first saw the design on Mig-15s, they joked amongst themselves that the Soviets were trying to keep the flow from "defecting" to the tips. There, some Cold War-era aerodynamicists humour for you.
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Great comment but need little correction too.
Those are "Leading Edge Extensions Slats" which are a special case of Leading Edge Extensions *in general* . The wing elements you mentioned on F/A-18 are called Leading Edge *Root* Extension (LERX).
@@МаксимКоноплянка No one calls slats "leading edge extension slats". They are called "leading edge slats" if you want to be technical about it or simply slats. They've been in use since WW2 and they are always called slats.
And no one really calls the wing extensions on the F/A-18 "leading edge root extensions" either. They are simply called leading edge extensions or LEX.
@@ChristianNelsonn
Yes, they *simply* called "slats" and it's part of *Leading Edge Extensions* in general, as i said. Which include Leading-edge slat
, Dogtooth extension, Leading-edge cuff, Leading-edge root extension, Leading-edge vortex controller...
"And no one really calls the wing extensions on the F/A-18 "leading edge root extensions" either. They are *simply* called leading edge extensions or LEX." - So that's *simplification* again, like with slats, and this doesn't mean that this is the only correct option. So if we want "to be technical about", we must call them LERX to separate them from other Leading Edge Extensions.
"The AMK involves the installation of strakes (ridges along the fuselage) and leading-edge root extensions (LERX) where the roots of the delta wings meet the main body of the aircraft, right above its chin intake. Other aircraft that prominently feature such extensions include the F/A-18A-G Hornet/Super Hornet and the Su-27 Flanker; and the benefits of LERX greatly show in their performance!"
tacairnet.com/2015/07/15/improving-the-typhoons-aerodynamics/
"The areas of the leading edge root extensions was increased by 34 percent..."
www.fighter-planes.com/info/f18e.htm
"possibly with low-observable coatings on their leading edges and quadrilateral air intakes, along with the Super Hornet’s long leading edge root extensions (LERXs)..."
foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/a-new-angle-on-this-shadowy-stealth-f-a-18-hornet-conce-1727910676
"Leading edge notches and dogtooths, a more common name for a sawtooth, are both types of wing modifications. The two devices are also related to the vortex generator and the leading edge root extension (LERX)"
www.aerospaceweb.org/question/aerodynamics/q0228.shtml
And on and on...
@@bradenross4182 I agree video is close but not dead on ..slats and flaps add lift and drag but you may to need to add power to fly in that configuration
The F-100 Super Sabre combat aircraft, is truly one of the amazing and truly impressive aircraft that has ever built.
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Lol ye
Wish I had f-100
OpTiX I got mines yesterday, it’s super fun now time for the phantom
Pure Madness I’m still on the 86F-2
Who is here because War Thunder is releasing supersonic jets soon?
EDIT: Already released it.
Im here after the patch, but man im glad im grind the F100D first
Warhead_732 - Same, Im loving my F-100D.
I went for the MiG-19 first. I hear the FM on the 100 is broken.
prodigy 1691 how so?
i got both the mi19 and the f100, both are great, but both have alot of flaws too
I was in the AF from 68-72. My AFSC was 43151C. my first duty station out of tech school was Laredo AFB. It was an air training base where i crewed T-38 Talons. i was there a little over a year. Me and a buddy got tired of texas (lackland, Shepard, then laredo) so we volunteered to go to vietnam. I arrived in country May 1970 and they sent me to Tuy Hoa AB on the coast of the south china sea. It was a cool base, my hooch was almost on the beach. While there i crewed the F-100. after about five months there, they started to close the base and sent the planes back home to ANG bases. Well I was out of a job until they could send me to another base to finish my tour. While they were deciding were to send me. They decided to temporarily assign me the the ARMY running convoys up the coast to Quinhon. I was riding shotgun in a armored deuce and a half riding behind gun trucks and APCs. That was my first time outside the wire. I did this for about three weeks until my orders came thru sending me up to Danang to finish my tour. That was with the 366TFW, the Gunfighters. They had F-4DEs. They plenty of crew chiefs so the stuck me in AGE to finish my tour. That sucked. My state side base was at Holloman AFB, 49th TFW in New Mexico where I got to crew the F-4D. That was a sweet time, I got to do a 30 day TDY to Ramstein AB in germay for a NATO exercise during Oktoberfest. got back state side, then in May 1972 they sent me on another 30 day TDY to Takhli AB in Thailand. that TDY stretched out for five months. got back to Holloman where i was discharged in Dec. 1972. What a long strange trip it's been.
THAT CATTISH PLANE
SUCC
*SLURPING SOUNDS*
I HEARD PEDO TUBE AT ONE POINT LOL
The flying catfish has a hidden black hole inside its intake
Great to see these reviews. I feel close to these plane as my father was one of the designers of the F-86 and F-100. Dad did the wings on the '86 (originally slated to be a delta) and the main air frame on the '100.
Those engineers at North American did great work. I have great respect for your father and his co-worksers.
Amazing
In the 1960s i was in the Air Force stationed at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona just outside Phoenix. We had the D and F models assigned to our base. We trained pilots to fly the F-100s.
I live in queen creek AZ and at least once a week I hear and see fighters flying over my place from Luke lol
You might want to remove that metal finger ring before you climb on/over/around an airplane. Getting it caught could rip your finger right off if you fell or lost your balance . Just some friendly advice.
PS: I love your enthusiasm for airplanes. I feel the same way!
I was in avionics maintenance in the 1970's and my Air Guard unit was flying the F-100. I got two rides in the back seat of an F-100F. During the second ride we were practicing dogfighting against an F-15 and the F-100 shot it down. Apparently the pilot in the F-15 still needed lots more practice.
Can easily happen !
Warthunder just announced this aircraft. Expect activity. Comment here if that’s why you are here
Sir Illuminar The Valient They should put Zell launcher F-100 variants in the game.
they didnt announce this aricraft not at all , even tho they are making more modern tanks they said that f100 will not be added if you have a source from war thunder page id like to take a look at
Hope they do the F-84F
Okay what the fuck your comment is 7 months old but it was announced this week WTF?
@@spacekraken666 timetravel! I'm excited tho
The best of the best of the Sabre aircraft series.
I give war thunder props for the model looking so good.
Warthunder has got nothing on DCS
@@JohnDamascus except it’s not on console and war thunder is, kind of a big deal if you don’t have a pc
@@JohnDamascus there arent even trying to be the same. WT is accessible to normal players.
you know, since i was a kid, ive loved airplanes, and the world has really been missing a cool show with an awesome host to just talk about this stuff. lo and behold! the world is not missing a show like this anymore! just found this show by accident, and am now subscribed, love this host!
One of my favorites! I have several nice models of F100's, including a Thunderbirds version.
I was a hydraulic specialist in the Air Force from 1967 to 1971 and stationed at Luke Air Force Base working on F100 C,D &F models 67 to 68 and then at Phan Rang AF base Vietnam 68 to 69. Is there anyone else on this site that did the same?
Yes I was a hydraulic tech also spent about 4 months TDY at Phan Rang summer of 1967 working on F100's. Was TDY from Tan Son Nhut. Worked nites and took the semi truck to the beach area on lots of days. Was a good time all in all. Was in county May 1967 to May 1968. Was at TSN during TET. So long ago. Was a good experience for sure.
Mike Ives. USAF 1965 to 1969
Been down that intake many times to check the generator or change it once had to stay in there down in Libya during a sand storm.
We should all hope we look as good as Matthew Burchette does at whatever age he is.
LOL! Now THAT is funny. Thanks. I'm 52 BTW. MB
F-86: a great figther and a equal enemy for the mig-15
F-100: S U C C
I hace been to this museum about three times. Love going there with friends, and especially going to the simulators.
Where is this museum?
@@DanSlotea Aurora, Colorado.
Thanks. On the other side of the planet for me :)))
You deserve way more views and subs man, it’s not fair. You put so much effort and don’t get much in return. I’ll be sure to tell everybody about your channel
Yes. I assumed hundreds of thousands of subscribers. They will arrive!
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ABSOLUTELY. MATTHEW IS THE BEST. So Matthew, which was your favorite episode, I bet you it was the F14 with Lt Spud Cool Guy :-)
well said
I am watching again, just because everything you post is AWESOME. I really like the energy. KEEP IT UP MATTHEW!!!
Great video
Thanks for the walk around and walk down memory lane! And I love your museum. Dad had been there and suggested I visit when I was in the Denver area. Right after USAF basic training, he went to a bomber electronics school at Lowry in your building back in the early 1950s. Anyway, I saw a couple of his favorite fighter aircraft in your museum, the Hun and the Phantom (he flew the F4C model in Vietnam). Dad flew the Super Saber at the USAF Fighter Weapons School at Ellis AFB, with the 615th TFS of the 401st TFW at England AFB, and then in combat out of Danang in the summer of 1964. So I remember this sleek missile of an aircraft from my early childhood. His F-100s were all silver, so the paint job on your beauty was new to me. Dad told me about the Sabre Dance and later found some video to show me. I am not sure whether the jets he flew had the wing fence or not. Anyway, thanks again!
the wing fence was actually pioneered by the german lead engineer of the mig-15, later used on the mig-17, and mig-19.
Youre right. A lot of people think the MiG 15 was a Russian design but it was actually german.
im here after the modern jet announcement
The first time I seen a F 100 was with the Thuder Birds at Beale AFB in California. Also at Beale when they put the SR 71 there. I've always been aviation buff.
My father flew this during Vietnam as wing commander out of Myrtle Beach AFB, in the Guard so folks could rotate home. He'd sonic boom the base to let my Mom know he'll be home soon. Got in a bit of trouble doing that...I grew up sitting in this thing. He also flew MASH helicopters in Korea. OH, and before he retired, he flew this under the high voltage wires just north of Andrews Air Force base just to prove he could, clipped his tail...full throttle and through it on the runway. Almost killed himself...but got a couple hundred for a long standing bet with his squadron. Most fighter pilots are nuts...just sayin'
My favorite jet. Classic lines. Thanks.
I worked this model aircraft in England ,France and Germany in 1958-61 then again in 67-71 loved my time on it.
Where has this channel been all my life?
That guy is too cool and fun to handle.......
Sweet Gramps
Nvr knew about the 'Sabre Dance'.. thanks Matthew!
There is only one of these flying in civilian hands. It is beautiful to see.
Love your Shows Mat.
"Very cool! Big fan of the century fighters!"
installing a drag chute in the rain was a pain in the ass.
I wondering how an aircraft with a 1963 build date on its tail was involved in the Berlin Crisis 1953-1961?
James Miller the full serial number of that aircraft is actually 56-3417
@@Jam_66 Thanks I was able to find it on the registry. Love this aircraft my Father flew these when they first became operational and for several years thereafter!
James Miller that’s so awesome! It really is a gorgeous aircraft
The Serial Number of this Hun reflects that it was ordered in Fiscal Year 1956, not 1963. Go look up the History of USAF Serial Numbers, and see what I'm describing.
The F100 flew with the Thunderbirds - and in 1968 during the closing "bomburst" maneuver at an airshow at Laughlin AFB TX Gen Merril McPeak lost the left wing of his F100 while pulling int a vertical climb. He ejected safely. Some years later - now a 2 Lt., I recounted seeing this to my boss (Col Clem Bellion) and my wing commander (Col Stan Musser) over a beer at Red Flag in 1980 only to learn that both of them had been in that airshow also and they both recalled it vividly. Small world eh?
Knew Clem Bellion at Vance AFB in 62-63.
I made model planes of this aircraft and I’m barely finding out about the dance, the short takeoff, the speed measurement, the front flap. And I thought I knew everything about old jets.
Great video once again, this time on the Super Sabre!!!!. Keep it up!!!!.
I crewed C model and F models in Niagara and TuyHoy, prettiest airplane ever made except for the F86. The HUN was a maintenance nightmare. "PULL the hook and door, or pull the aft section,which also required pulling the hook & door."
The Air Force tried the ZELL system with the F-104 as well.
And F-106 i think
Great review, video and AWESOME aircraft! (and as you said...it is simply SUPER cool looking) :)
This Channel is great and very informative love these videos!
The 20mm cannons were unique. They were actually a revolver! Firing the cannon caused a slide to move rearward! Ejecting the spent round, loading a new round and turning a large cylinder, just like a revolver. 1250 rounds per minute and it could rip p the world.
I have a 20 mm cartridge and round fired by an F-100 at a target range in Michigan. We were on summer camp and went out to the range to watch our F-100's practice strafing ground targets. In between they let us walk out onto the range and pick up one round each as a souvenir.
Still light years ahead of everything from Africa.
Dude why don't you have more subscribers? Just found your channel, and it's super entertaining. Keep it up man, great stuff!
I know right!?! Thanks for finding us. We have some great content coming in 2019. Stay tuned!
You guys are my fav TH-cam channel.
Love your channel
Wow, great video! Love the F-100.
I like how the painting has many arrows in it to help the pilot know where foreward is XD
That's one big fan
I supported F-100s at Phan Rang AB RVN in 1969 with BLU27 Fire Bombs.
I was also at Phan Rang AB in 1969. Worked in the Hydraulic shop and was down the intakes of the F100 many times to change out hydraulic pumps
This is the coolest looking ever!!!!
The amount of times he said "cool" is cool
Very beautiful!
lOVE this series!!!!!
Wing Fins were used by the MIG15. After USA capture some MIG15 during Korea war and studied them, they find it useful for F-100.
i know i'm late to the party, i'm catching up on this series, in my home town of Myrtle Beach, the 354th used to be stationed here and there is still a F-100 on a pedestal next to MYR along with an A-10 and A-7
Spent my third grade, 1969, at Myrtle Beach AFB with my Dad in a F-100. He never told any of us kids that when he was "away" he was in Vietnam, he was a member of the Guard called up to allow guys to rotate home. He used to fly 'training' missions (plural) to Maine and come home with as many lobsters as the cockpit could hold. true story...
An iconic unique airplane.
I love your walk around commentary. You remind me of the entertainer Ray Stevens. Well Done Sir.
I didn't know wings over the rockies had one of these
I had recently finished reading,”Bury Us Upside Down”. Thanks to Speechify,which sped my reading up.
That was great
My Uncle flew A-1 Skyraiders. He used to say their aiming system was the TLAR system. “That looks about right.”
had these at homestead afb fl 1968. bad ass fighter for the time.
Love these vids! 👍
Really nice presentation guys!!! Glad you were in my suggestion box. Liked 👍🏻 & subscribed!
keep up the great work your presentation skill is awesome
gorgeous airplane
Good video man. Hats off!
Perhaps the best.
I absolutely loved this video! Definitely subscribing!
A friend of mineback in the late 90's early 2000's , named A J Outlaw, from Goldsboro NC had a F-100 that he got for $400. I tried to buy it from him but he had traded it for some helicopter parts, and he made a heck of a deal. The plane ended up at the Goldsboro municipal airport, but by the time I made contact with them it was given away to someone else... I'm not sure where it is now. The plane was in great shape and had some national guard lettering on it. I think it also had some Airforce lettering coming through the paint. I'm sure it could have been restored very easily, and it did not have much corrosion or any damage. Even the glass was fairly good.
$400 bucks ? must have been a Ford F 100.
@@bobpeg7457 lol nope. It was a plane. The wings were off and it was sitting on it's belly when I seen it. It was the Goldsboro NC airport.... Well they renamed it the Goldsboro NC jet port or something like that. It was not sitting on a pole the last time I went by there, but they have a A&P school there and it may be behind their building.
Great video, but you forgot a couple of things. The nickname for it was Hun (short for 100, obviously), and it was known as the last of the gun fighters. It would have been good to show us the armament- 4 Colt 20mm cannons under the nose (before the invention of the M61).
Thanks. Great Video and Airplane---US Air Force F-100 Super Sabre.
I have seen this episode like 3 times!!!
Best presentation
My favorite thing about the F-100 is that it was flown by John Boyd, who has a claim to being the greatest fighter pilot of all time. Not the best. The GREATEST.
The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk also had LABS/LAWS systems. A lot of folks called it the Scooter. On the Scooter we called the LEX, slats. Had a much better "chin up bar." Actually the refueling probe.
F-100 needs around 36k pounds of fuel per hour if you had it in full afterburner for an hour. Lol. That's around 5600 gallons of fuel. Haha. F-100 Internal fuel load is, 1200 gallons. So that means, in full afterburner, if you kept it in the whole time, internal fuel load will give you around 12 minutes total before you completely run out of fuel. Ha. That's actually not too bad considering the, F16 in full afterburner gives you only about 6 minutes. The F15 gives you 8 minutes. The F14 gave you 10 minutes. F18 gives you 7 minutes. F22 gives you 8 minutes. F35C gives you just above 9 minuets. F35B gives you 5 minutes. F35A gives you almost 7 minutes. So considering....the F-100 was pretty fuel efficient haha
so good! ;
Hi I m Sohail from Pakistan.. I want to share some mamory about F-86 saber.. this fighter hero of 1965 PAKISTAN, India war... Our Pakistani pilot Mr. M.M.Alam ... Made a World record against India... Mr. Alam sort down 5 jet in a minut.against India..
The Pitot tube doesn‘t measure fluid velocity, it measures static pressure and total pressure. By subtracting the static out of the total you get dynamic pressure which translates into velocity. It is an indirect method of measuring air speed. Unless I've been thought wrong in flight school?
@JetMechMA well, "ram" pressure is total pressure, dynamic+static. however you put it, a pitot tube doesn't measure speed/velocity, as static pressure has to be subtracted digitally or removed by differential capsule and only then the remaining dynamic pressure goes either in the equation calculating the speed in a digital gauge or, in analogic gauges, the mechanics doing the movement of the needle translate that pressure to speed. that's what i'm trying to say.
What would be a direct measurement? A turbine?
Very interesting
Good stuff.
This is good stuff. Looking forward to watch more.
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A fellow West Virginian Charles "Chuck" Yeager flew one of these for years.
GOOD VIDEO.
Interesting explanation and ode of a true Hun idol. Get going on and keep the legend alive..
I want your job. No way I could do it as well as you do, but I want it!
Crewchief on F-100 in 69-70, then went to F4E. Buck
I love this guy
I'm impressed I couldn't even get into the intake.
Great vids enjoy watching these ,,Well done buddy