Whenever they washed one, water always got into a bank of connectors just behind the cockpit and we had to pour freon into it to dry them out. There were fabric kick panels in the rudder wells that someone removed and lost. If we had to change the AFCS roll trim actuator, I always got a shorter person to do that, otherwise I'd have needed another elbow on my forearm. If anybody dropped something in the cockpit, the armor plating in the rudder wells had to be removed to retrieve it. That was always a fun job. In the engine area, there were two flat panels and two wraparound panels that had to be removed for certain jobs and those things were heavy. Far too heavy for aluminum and they didn't feel like steel. They may have been depleted uranium. I transitioned from the A-4F Skyhawk to the A-7E Corsair II. Our birds went to the Marines who didn't want anything to do with the A-7. I really miss the A-4.
The A-4 was designed based on simplicity and by a true genius- Ed Heinemann. I do agree that the A-7 should have been more service-friendly. It was based on the F-8 but wasn't designed for making evasive maneuvers if the bad guys jumped you. But the mid-70s music in the film was something else, I will say that.
Active duty Nellis, DM, England and Myrtle Beach. I was at Nellis and DM '73 to '77. Vought tech rep for 12 years and 8 Navy cruises after that with A7-E. Lot's of fun. 20 minute box-swap fixed most gripes. Great plane to work on. Too bad Vought/LTV went bankrupt and didn't build another plane.
@@mikecarscallen4795 vought continued building major aircraft sub sections like the B1B bomber aft section and well into the 80's and the B2 stealth bomber 60 percent was built in by Vought. The C17 was wings and nacells were built by Vought. I retired in 2002 after 34 years of service
FLY LOW HIT HARD A-7H and A-7E CORSAIRS IN SERVICE WITH HELLENIC AIR FORCE 1975-2014.True nightmare for turkish air force for many years.Hellenic Air Force the last user for the corsair.If the financial crisis wont hit hard greece they would still in use until 2020!!!Based to the operational schedule of HAF.
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Whenever they washed one, water always got into a bank of connectors just behind the cockpit and we had to pour freon into it to dry them out. There were fabric kick panels in the rudder wells that someone removed and lost. If we had to change the AFCS roll trim actuator, I always got a shorter person to do that, otherwise I'd have needed another elbow on my forearm. If anybody dropped something in the cockpit, the armor plating in the rudder wells had to be removed to retrieve it. That was always a fun job. In the engine area, there were two flat panels and two wraparound panels that had to be removed for certain jobs and those things were heavy. Far too heavy for aluminum and they didn't feel like steel. They may have been depleted uranium. I transitioned from the A-4F Skyhawk to the A-7E Corsair II. Our birds went to the Marines who didn't want anything to do with the A-7. I really miss the A-4.
The A-4 was designed based on simplicity and by a true genius- Ed Heinemann. I do agree that the A-7 should have been more service-friendly. It was based on the F-8 but wasn't designed for making evasive maneuvers if the bad guys jumped you. But the mid-70s music in the film was something else, I will say that.
Those armor panels around the the engine you mentioned, could they have been tungsten?
Built in Dallas....Texas proud
IWT, VA-94 Shrikes / A-7E IWT Instructor, NAMTRAGRUDET NAS Lemoore, CA - 1984 thru 1991. Loved that aircraft!!
yes I do love these earlier jets...USN had great aeroplanes
Love the sluf. I was working at Vought and saw all the A7s as they were built. Spent my whole working career with the Vought team great aircraft.
james baker I started my career at this aircraft as a student back at 2002 doing PDM, this aircraft is a teacher!!
Active duty Nellis, DM, England and Myrtle Beach. I was at Nellis and DM '73 to '77. Vought tech rep for 12 years and 8 Navy cruises after that with A7-E. Lot's of fun. 20 minute box-swap fixed most gripes. Great plane to work on. Too bad Vought/LTV went bankrupt and didn't build another plane.
@@mikecarscallen4795 vought continued building major aircraft sub sections like the B1B bomber aft section and well into the 80's and the B2 stealth bomber 60 percent was built in by Vought. The C17 was wings and nacells were built by Vought. I retired in 2002 after 34 years of service
Many thanks for the video!
I have always been a huge SLUF fan...
50% more than a B-17, and only a crew of 1!
And one underpowered engine lol
Such a great plane
FLY LOW HIT HARD A-7H and A-7E CORSAIRS IN SERVICE WITH HELLENIC AIR FORCE 1975-2014.True nightmare for turkish air force for many years.Hellenic Air Force the last user for the corsair.If the financial crisis wont hit hard greece they would still in use until 2020!!!Based to the operational schedule of HAF.
Sounds like Serbia has tasted the Corsair's Cutless.
I wish to have an airworthy F-8 and A-7.
Super video. THX.
That porn music :D
VA-93 & VA-147
I just wish I have the money to pay for the fuel consumption on one.
Music?
Removed by TH-cam?!
no, im just wondering about what some of the music is.
My username is an inside joke if it's that you're wondering about