F-100 Super Sabre Flight!

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  • Pretty awesome day to share with you all, the F-100F Super Sabre (tail number 56-3844) returning to the sky! She last flew in 2018. This flight was mainly a functional check flight. Pretty awesome hearing that burner light up!
    Check out ‪@JetJerod‬ 's channel, he's got some nice flight videos on his over there! / @jetjerod
    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:
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    Also Jet Jerod's Instgram: / jetjerod
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  • @potrzebieneuman4702
    @potrzebieneuman4702 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +60

    I simply cannot imagine the amount of knowledge and skills needed to keep this AC in the air. Those F100's look like they're flying even when they're on the ground.

  • @jorgemachado7784
    @jorgemachado7784 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    Dude, that was awesome. I think it's amazing that you guys can keep these complex beasts flying as civilian aircraft. Hats off to that 07.

  • @delten-eleven1910
    @delten-eleven1910 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    Always great to see a vintage warbird restored to airworthiness.

  • @MattGross-w1x
    @MattGross-w1x 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    My father flew F-100s. I was lucky enough as a child to see him fly on many occasions. Great to see one still flying.

    • @DieselThunderAviation
      @DieselThunderAviation  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      That's awesome! She's one of two still flying, the other being up in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

  • @jackdoyle9448
    @jackdoyle9448 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    The dedication it takes to keep this bad ass century series fighter flying is monumental. Fantastic!

  • @Tom_Losh
    @Tom_Losh 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    63-951 made her last flight out of Phu Cat before I got there, but during my year at that base I worked on her sisters. They were tough, honorable birds.
    Thank you for keeping a Hun flying.

  • @kenlanier2131
    @kenlanier2131 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    LOL Timestamp 17:20 I can relate, I was a AF Parachute Rigger I have packed a few drag chutes... the B-52 drag chute was a beast.

  • @michaelkim3432
    @michaelkim3432 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

    Amazing work to get these birds back in the air where they belong! These were the fighters that shaped my youth: Phantom, F100, Voodoo, Thunderchief, F111, etc. - I'm so afraid that soon the only ones left will be on static display in a museum somewhere. Keep up the great work!!

    • @trespire
      @trespire 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Agreed. The best way to preserve a machine is to maintain it in servisable condition.
      Jets belong in the sky, not collecting dust.

  • @ShadesOClarity
    @ShadesOClarity 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I love the F-100. Love the POW when the burner lights.

  • @robertschlitters5764
    @robertschlitters5764 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I grew up in Sunnyvale, ca. I can remember seeing these fly over our house as we were very close to Moffett Field AFB. They were right next to Lockheed, where my dad worked. Good memories.

  • @DB-so8zc
    @DB-so8zc 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    My father was career USAF so I got to see the Thunderbirds when they were flying the HUNS then F-4's and then the T-38's. He served to tours in SEA as a crew and line chief on the D model F-105's and G model. It is great to see these old warhorses still flying. Wish an organization could get a Thud back to flying status. Great video and information!

  • @mdrobtx
    @mdrobtx 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    Living so close to Houston, any chance of any of us former F-4 fixers will be able to witness it's first flight??

    • @RedTail1-1
      @RedTail1-1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      You could volunteer your time and knowledge to help it get in the air.

    • @mdrobtx
      @mdrobtx 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@RedTail1-1 I live in Ft Worth, Texas. 5 hours away too far to volunteer. I do volunteer at the FW air museum and the F-4 there is being fixed up for static display only.

  • @debbiephillips1497
    @debbiephillips1497 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Loved this jet! My dad flew the F-100 in the mid to late 60's with Kansas Air Nat'l Guard & in South Korea during USS Pueblo crisis

    • @johndjenssen
      @johndjenssen 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Was he at McConnell or Forbes?

    • @debbiephillips1497
      @debbiephillips1497 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@johndjenssen McConnell/Wichita

  • @timmotel5804
    @timmotel5804 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Good Day. Beautiful Aircraft. One of my favorite planes. Interesting that at one time these planes flew all the time. It was regular and no big deal. Today, they are rare and precious. I was stationed at Cannon AFB NM in 1974, 27th CES, Power & Airfield Lighting. F-111s when I was there. I saw the Thunderbirds there when they were flying F4s. So many beautiful and wonderful aircraft in our history. Thank You & Best Regards.

  • @spydude38
    @spydude38 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    My old man worked on the F-100D and he also later was a mech on the RF-101 Voodoo in Vietnam.

  • @tysoncott7402
    @tysoncott7402 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    So so awesome! would love to see an F-105 brought back to life sometime.

    • @Racer1505
      @Racer1505 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      They tried years ago like the early 2000s. Congress even passed a resolution for it. But the Air Force didn't want them to have a flying one and destroyed the ones that could have been air worthy. Atleast thats the story I remeber.

    • @DieselThunderAviation
      @DieselThunderAviation  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yeah, I think they broke them in a way to keep them from ever being airworthy, but still keep them on static .display

  • @jpatt1000
    @jpatt1000 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Seeing this in formation with Dean Cutshall's F-100 would've been epic. At least I got to see his when he brought it to EAA.

  • @Hopeless_and_Forlorn
    @Hopeless_and_Forlorn 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Ah, the F-100F. Two fewer guns to look after. This video takes me back to 1961 and my gun-plumbing days at Spangdahlem AFB. At that time, the alert area was located very close to Runway 05, and I frequently stood there and watched as F-100s lit off afterburners for takeoff. One warm and quiet day when the noise seemed especially violent I looked down and found that my fatigue uniform was literally shaking with the sound. The F-105s that replaced the Hun definitely seemed to be less noisy than the F-100 on takeoff. A couple of times, however, an F-105 passing over the base went into what was known as afterburner screech, and that was perhaps the weirdest damn sound I ever heard. Some of the older troops said it sounded like a V1 buzz bomb going over.
    One question for viewers: does anybody know why the start unit was referred to, back in the day, as a "'Ploosh' unit"? Everybody called it that, but nobody knew where the name originated. As for running a tug out of fuel, when the guy said, "Well, at least we know where usable fuel ends," I thought, okay, fellow aircraft mechanic identified. Always seeing the practical side of a situation.

    • @davidrhoads3023
      @davidrhoads3023 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      One a' the earliest air starters in worldwide use was produced by the French company Turbomeca Palouste. (If you were at a Navy base, you'd see more of 'em there than on an AF base. The little bullet-shaped things.) All of those an' the ones of later manufacture by other companies were called Palouste Units.
      As an Air Force wrench, YOU know as well as everyone else--probably better--how words an' their pronunciation evolve in the military. It was a short road from "Palouste" to "Ploosh".

    • @Hopeless_and_Forlorn
      @Hopeless_and_Forlorn 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@davidrhoads3023 Thank you, David. After 60 years I have an answer. And, come to think of it, the 49th TFW had moved to Spangdahlem from a base in France not too long before I got there. No doubt the Palouste was used at that base.

  • @wallyzworld7108
    @wallyzworld7108 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    I miss those days of the old jets flying, grew up on the California desert in the 70s. Saw many F-100, F-105, F-106, and the F-4s fly out of Edwards AFB, George AFB and China Lake. Too bad my father's flight instructor isn't around. His favorite aircraft in the USAF was the F-100, especially the D model with flaps. Flew multiple tours in Vietnam in the F-100 then O-1 Bird Dog, finishing in the South Vietnamese Air Force in the O-1. His career would have made an incredible book to read. I can't describe to my kids, that distinct smell of the old J-57, J-75 and J-79 engines on start up and taxi, no modern jet engine has that smell.

    • @RedTail1-1
      @RedTail1-1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Because they changed the fuel to reduce smoke and be more efficient/eco friendly. If they used that same old fuel it would smell like you remember.

    • @jtkent28
      @jtkent28 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Did prior F-100 models not have flaps?? Must have had quite a high takeoff / approach speed if not!

    • @DieselThunderAviation
      @DieselThunderAviation  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They have flaps, yes. Procedure on landing is to retract them after touchdown, as that puts more weight on the wheels so the brakes are more effective.

    • @wallyzworld7108
      @wallyzworld7108 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@jtkent28 The D model had enlarged wings for ground attack role and therefore larger more capable flaps.

    • @jtkent28
      @jtkent28 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@wallyzworld7108 ah ok. very interesting. I wasn’t aware one model had larger wings than the others.

  • @Shovel-om7kn
    @Shovel-om7kn 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you amigos for keeping the ladies flying.
    Semper Fi

  • @ISAF_Enthusiast
    @ISAF_Enthusiast 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I guess a solution for the go pro is to record a few seconds just so you can see what the camera sees and make the necessary adjustments. You could also have the pilots check the go pro before takeoff just to verify they're on and recording

    • @JetJerod
      @JetJerod 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The “leg” view was a last ditch effort to get good footage of the engine instruments and panel, not a lot of options there. As for messing with cameras after we fire up, not ideal, plenty of other stuff we have our mind on at that point!

  • @richardmatthews9413
    @richardmatthews9413 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    What an absolute beast and well done all involved! 👏 🏆 😎

  • @jaysonpida5379
    @jaysonpida5379 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Wonderful. 6 years since the last flight...well done! Saw a mig-21 in a hangar background.
    Quite the Vietnam collection in those hangars :)

    • @RedTail1-1
      @RedTail1-1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yep, that's the hangar Jerod works in. There is a MiG-21, TA-4, F-100, and Folland Gnat. You should check out his channel.

  • @hoverlogix5554
    @hoverlogix5554 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hello 👋 I knew a man who flew the F100 as a test pilot for NASA ! Cam Patterson. Awesome Gentleman 😊

  • @davidcantrell5098
    @davidcantrell5098 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    My uncle, Scott Dotson, flew these beasts in Vietnam. First the D models then the F when he transitioned to the Misty FAC Squadron. He (Misty 110) and his backseater, Lee Gourley (Misty 106), went MIA over Laos on August 9, 1969. We never knew what happened to them until 2003 when they were finally recovered. While we did finally have closure, they were still unable to determine why the plane went down. I would love to see this bird fly in person.

    • @davidrhoads3023
      @davidrhoads3023 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      There are MANY reasons why Misties went down, most of 'em involving slugging it out with their adversaries. Their mission was an exceptionally dangerous one.

    • @DieselThunderAviation
      @DieselThunderAviation  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I'm sorry that you lost your uncle, though glad your family got closure. I'm not certain, but there's a good chance that she'll fly at our local airshow, Wings Over Houston.

    • @timmotel5804
      @timmotel5804 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Good Day. Sad & Good. That you finally found out. I'm a USAF TAC Vietnam Veteran.
      Peace & Best Regards. There have been and are a lot of good men & women in our military.

  • @scottpeters8640
    @scottpeters8640 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    This is a real treat for me. We had F-100's at our ANG unit at Terre Haute, that being the 181st Tactical Wing, all through the 1970's before they switched to the F-4. So many times as a kid out there watching these exact scenes right there in front of me. So cool !!

  • @sp00f64
    @sp00f64 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    You guys are awesome. keep up the hard work and Fun! I love just about anything that flies.

  • @reedjacksonmaccom
    @reedjacksonmaccom 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Wow!!!! so cool

  • @davidrhoads3023
    @davidrhoads3023 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    So nice to see the Vietnam paint job, as opposed to the Thunderbird design. Also, it's a little sad that the two(?) examples flying are both F-models, but that's understandable.
    Jus' bein' picky, here--I'm Big Time grateful to ANYone who keeps my favorite fighter alive.

  • @PotatoeJoe69
    @PotatoeJoe69 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Fun fact: F-100's flew more sorties during the Vietnam War than all other USAF aircraft combined.

  • @michaelwalsh7846
    @michaelwalsh7846 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I remember seeing the red arrows flying the gnats in the early 70s.

  • @MergedSimulations
    @MergedSimulations 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    yall comin to oshkosh?

  • @kultursender6507
    @kultursender6507 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    *Keep this fantastic birds flying, guys!* - What ever it takes!

  • @moseskelly2886
    @moseskelly2886 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I'm sure this plane can do aerobatics right along with the combat maneuvers it once did when in active service. It is a really cool aircraft

  • @davekisor1486
    @davekisor1486 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    That TA-4 was NP, my old Airwing on CV-19, USS Hancock.

  • @BetterAircraftFabric
    @BetterAircraftFabric 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    GOOD ! Very good ! Keep history alive ! Glad to see this. Hope to see it in Oshkosh in person. Best Regards from Alaska!

  • @ultrametric9317
    @ultrametric9317 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    How can it be, that your whole thing depends on cameras, but you don't even have the most elementary skills at using them?

    • @sithticklefingers7255
      @sithticklefingers7255 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You’re climbing over a heap of gold nuggets to complain about a cow pie on the other side.

  • @philiploveswatcheswhiskies9832
    @philiploveswatcheswhiskies9832 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great video historical jets but brutal footage guys

  • @Bergstaller01
    @Bergstaller01 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great to see another Hun take to the skies! If memory serves, the only other airworthy one is being retired unfortunately.

  • @alistairmills7608
    @alistairmills7608 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    You're pulling my leg, "GoPro's overheat in a hot environment", I was sure GoPro's overheat in a cold environment

  • @whataboutbob1000
    @whataboutbob1000 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Awesome, another classic back in the skies.

  • @physicsphirst191
    @physicsphirst191 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Close caption for engine noise... "(Music)"
    How long was the flight... what speed achieved?

  • @nobodyspecial7185
    @nobodyspecial7185 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    My dad flew those in Europe and in Vietnam

  • @flyboy3633
    @flyboy3633 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You guys are awesome ! Question. Why drag the chute all the way back to the hanger ? When I was an USAF brat I'd sit at the end of the flightline and watch the Phantom IIs land. They make a wide U turn at the end of the runway, run up the engines to inflate the chute then release it to blow off into the grass. A guy would come out and pick them all up.

    • @DieselThunderAviation
      @DieselThunderAviation  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Easy to have a couple airman out collective chutes when the base is recovering a bunch of aircraft. We don't often cut the chute loose, and generally would have to coordinate ahead of time with airfield ops to have some crew out to recover a chute.

    • @joevignolor4u949
      @joevignolor4u949 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​The problem with dragging the chute back is that if it catches on something on the ground, like the edge of a loose piece of concrete, it can tear the drag chute. In our unit they always released the chutes after turning onto the taxiway and someone picked them up.

  • @GenJackOneill
    @GenJackOneill 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Its so awesome to see that F100 fly! Great work!. There are 2 F100s (Tail numbers 56-3916 and 56-3971 ) that have been here at the airport for over 2 decades in Belgrade, MT. I dont know who owns them both but they are pretty much abandoned at this point. They have been parked outside the entire time. Other than being moved a few times for airport construction reasons, they havent done anything with them. I hope someone can some day put them in a hanger and get them flyable again. Its sad to see them just sit out there, just rotting away in our hot summers and cold and snowy winters.

  • @l.lehrer7124
    @l.lehrer7124 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Sooooo cool.

  • @bobbysnow5478
    @bobbysnow5478 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Awesome!
    Thanks for the video!
    Remove the tow bars from all aircraft when parked!

    • @trespire
      @trespire 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Is that SOP ?

  • @patrickunderwood5662
    @patrickunderwood5662 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Fantastic! Do you fly with live seats?

    • @DieselThunderAviation
      @DieselThunderAviation  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I believe they are hot seats, not 100% certain though.

  • @carlol4649
    @carlol4649 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I served in USAF in Warner Robin's AFB Ga. 65-66 and caught brand new F4s from the factory and prepared for their next flight to Europe! F4s was all camo from the factory. Used blush to fire them up back than. They were all able to cart start aswell. Sweet aircraft.

  • @joeblow5037
    @joeblow5037 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    Never thought I'd see an F-100 in the air again! 😁
    Great job Collins Foundation and everyone involved!
    My dad worked on them at Luke and at Clark (67/68) during 'Nam.
    Col Charles Yeagar was his wing commander, and took him up (Pops was a Maint Chief) in a 2 seater, just like that one, and broke the sound barrier. 🤗
    Gave him a cool 'Mach Buster' card that I gave to one of my Air Force nephews.......that he promptly lost $#%@&^. kids....grrr.
    When I was finishing up my Marine Air enlistment at Beaufort MCAS we went down to Savanah and did a 2 v 1 with our F-4J's against the Guard and their Huns.
    Sorry AF....it was not pretty... haha 😉

    • @trespire
      @trespire 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That must have been a real treat for your dad, to get to experience the jet in its natural environment, after sweating and bleeding to maintain them in tip top contition. I was a Phantom maintainer - structural, I would have given my back teath to fly in one.

    • @davidrhoads3023
      @davidrhoads3023 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Gee, that's strange. My Guard Hun outfit never had much trouble dealing with Phantoms flown by ANY outfit. Including Beaufort.
      It was Always great having Marines visit for DACT, though, and Always great to deploy where you guys were. Warriors, an' No Doubt.

    • @joeblow5037
      @joeblow5037 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@davidrhoads3023 Then you remember when we switched Jersies at the rifle range. You guys shot like 50 yards and couldn't hit squat. The head NCO wasn't thrilled, but it was all in good fun. Things were different back then. 🙂
      btw, we had just gotten off a 7 month deployment on the brand new USS Nimitz, and were the Navy/USMC's spearhead against the red menace. I consider us and VF-74 to be the best aviators in the world.
      but, oh well....we were all on the same side.

    • @davidrhoads3023
      @davidrhoads3023 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@joeblow5037 Hey, No Fair! Every Marine is a Rifleman. Where's that leave Air Force?

    • @joeblow5037
      @joeblow5037 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@davidrhoads3023 Like the Navy....Transport us where we need to go....lol
      fyi, my pops was career AF...so are my 2 nephews. Only my Sis (squid) and I were the oddballs.

  • @qq-uh2mx
    @qq-uh2mx 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I have simulator fly F-100 SUPER SABRE. I LOVE THIS AIRCRAFT😍🥰🤠💋👍🦅🏆

  • @Elkabong53708
    @Elkabong53708 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great seeing a F-100 get back in the air again. I used to see them constantly in the skies over Tucson thanks to Davis Monthan AFB. Later in the years I saw them with the Orange paint as they were reduced to QF-100s. The boneyard once had row upon row of 100s. They were expended as targets or scrapped. I think the yard only has 2-3 left spared for Museum use. I wonder how you are getting the parts to keep her airborne , especially her engine and hydraulics.

  • @joedoakes8307
    @joedoakes8307 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    What an absolutely great view of the pilot's right leg ! We'll learn alot from that camera !

    • @Shovel-om7kn
      @Shovel-om7kn 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The mandatory Right Leg “Lift Off” camera angle discrepancies shall be listed on: MILFFM-272, -461.
      Semper Fi

    • @stevencramsie9172
      @stevencramsie9172 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah, a bit disappointing that a shaking leg is the majority of what we saw during takeoff

    • @JetJerod
      @JetJerod 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@stevencramsie9172don’t worry, I have other great views from our other cameras I intend to also post! (I’m the fat guy whose shaky leg you had to stare at…)

    • @DieselThunderAviation
      @DieselThunderAviation  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@JetJerod Lol!! I just posted one today from some of the other cameras 🙂

    • @JetJerod
      @JetJerod 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@DieselThunderAviation sweet! I’ll go check it out! Also heard some more good news out of EFD happened today! Wahoo! Haha

  • @ghmsr8062
    @ghmsr8062 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'll have to plan on getting out to you guys sometime. My service and aviation history started with OH-58 maintenance/crewchief and went on to get experience on several different helicopters. Anything flying is cool to me, really enjoy your content.

  • @PotatoeJoe69
    @PotatoeJoe69 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I could only imagine how insanely loud that cockpit is with the engine pulling all that air right beneath the pilots feet!

    • @joevignolor4u949
      @joevignolor4u949 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I've flown in an F-100 twice and it's really not that loud inside the cockpit. You can hear the whirring sound of the compressor running below you. It's sort of like sitting on top of a vacuum cleaner. You don't hear the sound of the air going through the inlet duct under your seat. There is no roaring sound even in afterburner. With the helmet on mostly what you hear is the pilot on the intercom and the radio. Overall, it's a pretty quiet ride.

  • @kultursender6507
    @kultursender6507 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Guys you are doing a good job!

  • @rocketmanpm
    @rocketmanpm 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Notwithstanding the effort to get the old crate back into the air, the filming was awful. Try. Harder.

  • @dennyliegerot4021
    @dennyliegerot4021 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    It's time to find an F-8.....

    • @Paiadakine
      @Paiadakine 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      There is one on the USS Midway. Would love to see one flying.

  • @rssii
    @rssii 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Diesel - what a great day for you guys!! Thanks for posting this, it was awesome. I would love to see this fly. After Dean Cutshall announced that he probably wouldn’t be flying his 100F anymore I dispaired of ever getting to see a Hun in flight, but now there’s hope! 😊. We have a 100D on static display (I volunteer at the Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum in Titusville, FL) and it’s one of my favorite airplanes in our collection. Would love to see yours strutting its stuff. Will Collings be taking it to any airshows? Sure hope so! Thanks again for making my day! Regards, Rob Shaw

  • @alyn7d7
    @alyn7d7 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Really kool ❤

  • @peterblakeslee4040
    @peterblakeslee4040 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Is that supersonic trainer the type used in the movie Hotshots with Charlie Sheen?

    • @DieselThunderAviation
      @DieselThunderAviation  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Been a while since I've seen that movie, but I believe so!

  • @josephkunkowski2502
    @josephkunkowski2502 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    There is an F104 parked on the tarmac at Easton Airport in Easton MD.

  • @Grossman2868
    @Grossman2868 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Cool to see her fly, did the pilot forget to mount the go pro on his helmet??

    • @JetJerod
      @JetJerod 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      We had other cams in the jet. It got so hot in there that several of them overheated and stopped. I did, however, get decent footage off of my Insta360 plus some audio which I intend to post at some point

  • @troyledbetter6597
    @troyledbetter6597 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Loved the video! It was great to see the F100 phlying again.

  • @benzman7658
    @benzman7658 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    My Late Brother Bob was at Luke Air Force base in Phoenix in 1959 working as a Weapon Mechanic on that bird in the days.
    Still have one on Display in front of Base I believe.
    After Leaving the Service in 1963 He spent 33 years working for Lockheed.

  • @EricCoop
    @EricCoop 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    That's a beaut!

  • @Clementinewoofwoof
    @Clementinewoofwoof 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    HOLY CRAP YES!!!, FLY HIGH YOU BEAUTIFUL BIRD

  • @tomwarner2468
    @tomwarner2468 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I saw my one f-100 fly as little kid! The thunderbirds were flying them! They were up in battle creek and flew down to our little 1500ft runway Airport and put on a show! I think almost the whole town was out there ! They didn't land there! They finished their performance, went back to battle creek! I never forgot it ! Almost 60yrs ago! Speaking of the thunderbirds, I saw them in 73 at battle creek, in f-4's and in '88 or '89 flying f'16's ! I took my oldest daughter up to watch them! We were right across from the flightline! She screamed through most of performance! I liked f-100's so much that I built two plastic models of them!

    • @johnhutchison9782
      @johnhutchison9782 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Battle Creek always got the great air shows . Muskegon did, too. GRR was too busy.

    • @tomwarner2468
      @tomwarner2468 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@johnhutchison9782 so did Kalamazoo! I used to go there before I ever about the balloon fest in battle creek! Kalamazoo's was always the the middle June! 30k people or both days! They used area school buses to transport people from remote parking areas ! During the show they shut down 94 by the airport!

    • @tomwarner2468
      @tomwarner2468 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@johnhutchison9782 Kalamazoo petered out in mid 90's!

  • @georgedreisch2662
    @georgedreisch2662 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Impressive accomplishment, successfully getting a project of this scale, to a point of actually flying.
    Congratulations to all involved, and thanks for sharing.

  • @timdodd3897
    @timdodd3897 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I do miss the flight line. B-52, F-16

  • @cholubaz
    @cholubaz 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Please tell me this will be at OSH this year!!!

    • @DieselThunderAviation
      @DieselThunderAviation  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I don't think there's any plans for that, at least not at the moment. If I learn anything regarding them going to OSH I'll be sure and mention it!

  • @jimramsey8887
    @jimramsey8887 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I'm an Old Brit and I can remember F100s being based at Lakenheath in the UK and the Boom of the burner ignition. Great video and good luck with all your aviation projects done in memory of our heroes. Thanks!

    • @DieselThunderAviation
      @DieselThunderAviation  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That's awesome that you got to see these fly back in their prime! Glad you enjoyed the video!

  • @TheBudman52
    @TheBudman52 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    love it, next get an A6 INTRUDER

  • @Andrew-13579
    @Andrew-13579 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is a video where I’d like to put about 5 ‘likes’, but I can only click 1. 😄. Excellent!!

  • @sw227x6
    @sw227x6 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    35th Wing , Phan Rang, Vietnam. F100s and Aussie B57s, 1967. Bad to the bone and fun to watch on their missions all around us. Good on y'all for the preservation!

  • @dronepilot661
    @dronepilot661 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I believe this only the 2nd flying F100 the other one being in Fort Wayne Indiana.

    • @DieselThunderAviation
      @DieselThunderAviation  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yes, that one is Dean Cutshall’s F-100F. He had his fini flight in her last December. Unknown if he will be retiring his F-100 as well. Supposedly there are two more in Montana, but those are condition unknown since the mid 2000’s. Of those four, I believe our’s is the oldest, tail number 56-3844.

  • @sabercruiser.7053
    @sabercruiser.7053 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Take it to high high altitude 🔥🔥🤌🤌🦅🇺🇲🦅🇺🇲

  • @MCF787
    @MCF787 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Awesome

  • @remylopez4821
    @remylopez4821 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    To bad you didn’t have anybody at the beginning of the runway to record the sound of the afterburner lighting up and hearing the boom that all those century series fighters did except for the 104 which had the J 79

    • @DieselThunderAviation
      @DieselThunderAviation  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That would have been nice! Stuff like that is possible, we just have to coordinate ahead of time with airport operations. There will be more flights in the future 🙂

  • @LuisMiguelGarciaTorres
    @LuisMiguelGarciaTorres 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    the Gnat always reminds me of Hot Shots

  • @batesestabrooks3774
    @batesestabrooks3774 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Is the Collings Foundation F-4 still flying?

    • @DieselThunderAviation
      @DieselThunderAviation  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Should be soon! We've been working hard at that for two years now (she last flew in 2019). The electrical system and right main gear set us back a bit, but we are making steady progress! I put up a video every Sunday of our work at the hangar. :)

    • @batesestabrooks3774
      @batesestabrooks3774 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Cool. Thanks.

  • @olentangy74
    @olentangy74 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    In the mid eighties I was working at Davis-Monthan in Arizona. One of the main projects I did was pulling F-100’s out of the desert and preparing them for conversion to drones. I wonder if I worked on this beauty.

    • @DieselThunderAviation
      @DieselThunderAviation  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I don't think this one ever made it to the Boneyard. Her tail number is 56-3844

    • @Shovel-om7kn
      @Shovel-om7kn 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Semper Fi.
      We were stationed there in ‘72 for Pop’s F-4 training.
      I hate to imagine how hot the flight lines are at MCAS Yuma nowadays!

  • @kristensorensen2219
    @kristensorensen2219 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Is a F-101 Voo doo still flyable somewhere? The afterburners on that beast explode to life!!

    • @DieselThunderAviation
      @DieselThunderAviation  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Not to my knowledge. Of the century series, only two F-100’s and four F-104’s are flyable.

  • @MadGoat
    @MadGoat 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Bah, was hoping to see a CF-100

  • @Thunder_6278
    @Thunder_6278 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    As you know, Dean Cutshaw "cutter" has his F-100D at Ft. Wayne, should exchange notes with him. He may have parts too.

    • @Racer1505
      @Racer1505 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Deans jet is for sale. From what I understand he can't get insurance anymore for the air show circuit.

  • @antonsmith7235
    @antonsmith7235 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    that flight hadda cost a few bucks

  • @USNVA11
    @USNVA11 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great video and congratulations on the successful flight. Gotta love the AB. It’s a turbo money to noise converter ! 😁

  • @harman1967
    @harman1967 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    She's a beauty 🙂👍

  • @steve92219
    @steve92219 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I need a F100 patch and shirt!?!!

  • @craigpennington1251
    @craigpennington1251 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You got to do it again with good video equipment. F-100s are super cool. Our National Guard F-100s had afterburners that would boom when lit. A very loud boom & off they went fast down the runway. We lived 8 miles from the airport & new when the guard was flying. Very cool stuff. Thanks for posting and best wishes for future flights.

  • @FarmerDrew
    @FarmerDrew 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Cool video! Great flow to everything. Conversational tone and phenomenal restoration of magnificent machines. Breathe deep and fly straight!

  • @garrygilbert4635
    @garrygilbert4635 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    How do I get a job with y'all

  • @robertschuler279
    @robertschuler279 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Many of the accidents Of the early 100s were chalked up to burner lag. When the 100 and 105 light the burner it's quite dramatic. You need to take a video at the end of the runway to get the sound of the burner when it lights.

  • @Taketimeout3
    @Taketimeout3 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You guys are amongst the luckiest people in the world. To be in such a huge and wonderful airport surrounded and working with these fabulous planes.
    Deep envy here.
    Hi and respect from the UK.

  • @SimonWallwork
    @SimonWallwork 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is also ex Danish as GT-844. I saw it flying at Skrydstrup in 1982!

  • @sfertonoc
    @sfertonoc 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Century series… were meant to be throw away cheap aircrafts… still flying? Amazing.

  • @Rodg470
    @Rodg470 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It sounds amazing when he lights the can. If this is the A4 F4 and the F100 out of Ellington field in Houston I was lucky enough to see all 3 of them fly. Oh yeah and I think that mig 21 also . Great video thanks for sharing

  • @Krysfranqui3638
    @Krysfranqui3638 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Videos like this make me really think about using my A&P again. I miss this type of work. Beautiful aircraft, wonderful job getting her in the air again! The century series of Jets truly deserves more love and affection.

    • @DieselThunderAviation
      @DieselThunderAviation  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I wish there were more of them flying too. To my knowledge, only two F-100’s and four F-104’s are flyable. Nothing else from the Century series can fly. The Foundation some years back tried to get a flyable Thud but were told no.

    • @Krysfranqui3638
      @Krysfranqui3638 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@DieselThunderAviation that’s really a shame, the 105 is definitely one of my favorites, the most unique silhouette from the top or bottom of any jet that I know of. One of the reasons I wanted to get my A&P certificate was because I wanted to work on vintage aircraft like that. This is so cool!

    • @firestarter105G
      @firestarter105G 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@DieselThunderAviation All the century fighters come from foreign countries. The Thud was never sold to a foreign entity. I flew G model in Nam. I would love to see one fly again.
      I believe our government should finance at least one flying replica of each and every aircraft that served this country.

    • @Krysfranqui3638
      @Krysfranqui3638 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@firestarter105G the G model that’s on display at my local air history museum is one of my favorite aircraft to visit. I can only imagine how amazing it was to see these aircraft in operation and fly them.

  • @stefanschutz5166
    @stefanschutz5166 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    As a kid I saw these planes over Soesterberg, the Netherlands. The USAF 32 TFS was based there. Thank you for posting.

  • @steve92219
    @steve92219 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Take her to Oshkosh!