In person the a37 is crazy. It's about the size of a medium sized car with wings. The amount of firepower it carries is amazing.
@geronimo55373 жыл бұрын
its an awesome bird
@dylanwachowski43953 жыл бұрын
I knew you watched the same stuff as me lol
@thomasridley86753 жыл бұрын
Ya, i was at Bein Hoa AFB when they changed from the f100d to the a37b. That was earIy 1970. It could carry one hell of a load out. And was easy too maintain. At least as far as the avionics systems was concerned.
@nichfeiock8023 жыл бұрын
May I introduce you to mini death. The only plane that improves your credit score & fear factor.
@InvestmentJoy3 жыл бұрын
@@thomasridley8675 I really would not be surprised if we don't see a re-creation of this very very soon. My dad knew a ton of Vietnam pilots who were flying around in either Huey's or cobras that could fire a 2.75" rocket into enemy spider holes very effectively. Of course these guys were top-of-the-line Pilots. With modern technology anybody that can fly and pulled the trigger can have that same kind of effect. Imagine a super tweet flying around the battlefield with about a hundred of those babies on it
@jerrylitzza88423 жыл бұрын
You missed that all of the Tweeties were grounded in 1967 because of wing spar cracks. The wingtip fuel tanks and consistent bomb overloading coupled with the slight flex and flap of the wings damaged them all. Leaving a large part of them grounded during Tet that year. I was at Bien Hoa at that time.
@davidbradley32273 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your service 👍🏽 best wishes from Australia
@allanzentz93023 жыл бұрын
At Bien Hoa in 72 we had a A37 loaded and ready to go took a direct hit during a rocket attack one flew in thru the back of the back of the revetment i think they would be a fun plane to fly
@ponyxpress33 жыл бұрын
My pop was at Bien Hoa at the same time during Tet. Served 2 tours, and said that even with the enemy breaching perimeter, wasn’t allowed to have m16, MP said his weapons were on the runway. He worked on F4, F111, T-37, T-38, U2s. Thanks for your service and welcome home!
@russellbritain48613 жыл бұрын
The same fate befell the BAC Strikemaster although that did enjoy a longer period of service
@prepperjonpnw64823 жыл бұрын
My father was on the ground during Tet. He wasn’t a pilot though lol. He worked with dogs, trained them to do all sorts of work with the men. He taught several Boxers and Rottweilers (both have short hair) to go into the hidy holes instead of sending a tunnel rat with a 1911 and a flashlight. Both of those breeds don’t have to turn their head to bite because of their flat snout. And dogs don’t really need light to make their way around, they use hearing and smell. He had a bunch of pictures on the wall in the den when I was growing up of the dogs. If you can imagine a big Rottweiler wearing a chest plate, an extra wide thick collar to protect his throat, and kind of a leather shirt you get the idea lol Now imagine you’re 120 lb little Vietnamese guy crouching down in the dark when you suddenly hear a low rumbling sound in the dark. So you decide to use a little flashlight to see what it is, what you see is about a foot from your face and all teeth attached to 140 lb dog wearing basically leather armor. And his only mission in life is to either shred your throat or rip your face off. Wow, sorry for the long comment, its been ten years this week since my dad passed. He knew he was sick because of agent orange but the VA doctors wouldn’t put it in writing in his medical file, bastards. Anyway, I guess I was just missing him. Again sorry guys. Cheers mates
@jamesharrison62013 жыл бұрын
I'm a Cessna kid. Dad worked for 20 yrs. 37 was the only jet in AF inventory that you could practically step into, no ladder or escalator needed. Birddog was a sweet flying machine too.
@mbmann38923 жыл бұрын
I notice. It’s so sleek. Low, long , with wide wings . It’s a great looking aircraft. Like a corvette
@Decybello3 жыл бұрын
@@mbmann3892 corvette isn't really a great looking aicraft... but it's made out of plastic - like most other Cessna models, so fair enough
@LuvBorderCollies3 жыл бұрын
I remember the first time I saw an A-37. Wasn't sure if it was a joke, or some prototype or some homebuilder with money designed a baby jet. lol Later on i found out a brother of a buddy had piloted one. He said it was a sweet aircraft, far more capable than its size would lead you to believe.
@thomasridley86753 жыл бұрын
I only remember one teething problem they had not long after they arrived. There was a problem with the lighting system for the instrument panel. It restricted some aircraft to day missions only. But they apparently got that fixed finally. Hint: always keep both lighting systems completely independent. 🙄
@museves3 жыл бұрын
A37 is like saying keeping it classy
@richardroddenberry20793 жыл бұрын
I am an Air Force retired Vet. A good friend piloted Super tweet in Vietnam. He went down & went MISSING - for ever. I faced his 4 kids afterwards, they missed there dad terribly. Jack Held's name is on the Vietnam Wall.
@Alvin-11382 жыл бұрын
"They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning. We will remember them."
@aaaeee28622 жыл бұрын
I heard none of them were shot down. Was it mechanical failure?
@mrnickbig1 Жыл бұрын
It was called a Dragonfly, not super Tweet. And, it took balls to fly a Cessna trainer into combat!
@donarthiazi2443 Жыл бұрын
@@mrnickbig1 It was called both
@jcheck6 Жыл бұрын
Rich I had a friend shot down as well in the A-37 in th late '60's or early '70's. He went on to be the commander of the A-10 FWS. I flew the Super Tweet '82-'85 at DM.
@MikoyanGurevichMiG213 жыл бұрын
So essentially, this cute little plane is one of the A-10's parents.
@xxxoregonxxx82763 жыл бұрын
Yes
@bruhdo38923 жыл бұрын
Yes
@dkfanboi09933 жыл бұрын
Yes
@mknewlan673 жыл бұрын
Maybe 😁
@donscheid973 жыл бұрын
Unit I was in converted from A-37 to A-10.
@axvarela3 жыл бұрын
In 1989 I saw it from my house dropping bombs and machine-gunning the guerrilla in San Salvador. Watching it spinning and twisting before bombing was amazing and terrifying at the same time.
@phoenix_radio3 жыл бұрын
Scary but fascinating, thanks for sharing
@BeardedFrog3 жыл бұрын
I'm sure that was a scary and terrible time to live in but just picturing chilling outside your house, drinking a beer, and watching this little plane acrobatically bomb stuff in the distance sounds pretty cool.
@jamesu2233 жыл бұрын
@@ethand3577 yes you seen this also during all conflicts with communist involvement look at the drug trade through Vietnam war , and look at the power house of china manufacturing fentanyl and distribution of it through the world.
@peekaboopeekaboo11653 жыл бұрын
@@jamesu223 Fake news and False flag Ops mastermind by US Gov-Mil.
@manny61133 жыл бұрын
Amigo. I also remember the same thing. I think it might have been around Verapaz near the San Vicente volcano. Will never forget. Saludos paisano.
@nickp973 жыл бұрын
Cessnas are the unsung heroes of combat and reconnaissance.
@briancooper21123 жыл бұрын
@@soonerfrac4611 Thank Liberals
@assassin_rk423 жыл бұрын
@@briancooper2112 The way we procure stuff is pretty stupid tbh.
@mewantkrinkov42063 жыл бұрын
Antonov an2 the eternal bi-plane is best plane.
@NutjobGTO3 жыл бұрын
And the Toyota Hilux is the world's most effective weapons platform
@martinyt44653 жыл бұрын
We still run the A-37 Dragonfly on Uruguay
@dienekesn93123 жыл бұрын
this guy sounds like his house is about to blow up and he needs to bring this video up ASAP.
@MadMiff3 жыл бұрын
He only has five minutes to narrate because they are coming to get him for all the bad things he keeps doing.
@Tencargo3 жыл бұрын
Lay off the coffee. The rapid fire monologue become distracting
@paracellgaming26653 жыл бұрын
He just speaks to fast
@jesperohlrich70903 жыл бұрын
i usually put him on x.75 speed so he sounds normal, but i like his content so i keep coming back :)
@DavidVerbout3 жыл бұрын
@@paracellgaming2665 He does not speak too fast. He speaks as fast as most of us read. I love it.
@charlesmak5343 жыл бұрын
Super Tweet has to be one of the best nicknames in military aircraft history.
@jerryjeromehawkins17123 жыл бұрын
Haha... exactly. Someone at Cessna had a great sense of humor, lol.
@TN-jb4jk3 жыл бұрын
Hush! The US could sue Twitter for stealing the word Tweet 😂
@bricefleckenstein96663 жыл бұрын
Good nickname, but I always thought "Flying Volkswagons" was better. (16" rounds weighed about what a Volkswagon Beetle did). Not as subtle as the small stuff from aircraft though - one broadside tended to destroy entire villages.
@AndresMUy-vd2fy5 ай бұрын
*Dragonfly
@williammoeglin61912 жыл бұрын
I served in the USAF and was stationed at Bien Hoa AB, SVN during 1969-70 as a weapons specialist working on the weapons systems of F100s and A-37Bs. I had never even heard of the A-37B until I arrived for duty at Bien Hoa. It was a great "bird" for close air support and routine bombing missions, as well. It was the only aircraft in the USAF inventory that started out as a trainer and ended up being an attack aircraft. It was normally the other way around. The A-37B could carry it's empty weight in weapons and since it was not supersonic, it could stay on target for longer periods of time in support of troops in contact. In addition to the Mini-gun in the nose, the normal weapons load was either four Mk 82 500 lb. bombs, or four Napalm bombs, or sometimes two Mk 82s and two Napalm bombs, plus the external fuel tanks and wing tip-tanks for fuel, as well. It was a great, al-be-it small attack aircraft. I was at Bien Hoa when the Army invaded Cambodia om May1, 1970. We flew 80% of all air cover for that operation out of Bien Hoa. The F-100s and A-37s were flying multiple missions daily, as well as regular bombing runs and regular calls for Tac Air flights. Have memories of a couple of A-37s coming back with leaves in the intake screens from missions in Cambodia! What a great "bird" and nobody has ever heard of them.
@hrdley9112 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the insight, and also for your service.
@ivanthomas825010 ай бұрын
This is my first time hearing about them!
@williammoeglin619110 ай бұрын
I'm glad you enjoyed my comments on the A-37B. It is a shame that it never got the recognition it truly deserved. The old A-1 Skyraider and the A-37B were hands down the best Close Air Support aircraft of the Vietnam War. Both were well armed, especially the A-1, both could get down to very low altitudes to support ground troops and both had the ability to make pass after pass with their weapons before running low on fuel and having to leave the fight. That is a key element in Close Air Support. The longer they stay on the scene, the better the chances of survival are for the "grunts."
@barbaradavis3937 ай бұрын
Thanks for the kind words. I worked at Cessna in that time period and all we (grunts) ever heard was that the Vietnamese wanted was the Skyraiders back. We were all proud that our airplane was serving.
@pclayton50633 жыл бұрын
As a FAC radio operator in Vietnam in 1970 I always liked to acquire A1's and A37's as their hang around time greatly exceeded the F-100's and F4's time on station.
@davecrupel28173 жыл бұрын
Can definitely understand that. Thanks for your service! How did they acquire targets once they got on-scene? Did they use laser targeting (if that was available yet)? Grid-based callouts from you guys?
@pclayton50633 жыл бұрын
@@davecrupel2817 No laser targeting back then. I would order up air from the III DASC (Direct Air Support Center) and usually just got what was available. The airborne FAC would be in contact with the ground forces and they would identify and mark the targets for the air support.
@assassin_rk423 жыл бұрын
@@pclayton5063 I thought we had laser targeting because we used Laser Guided Bombs in Vietnam.
@NefariousKoel3 жыл бұрын
@@assassin_rk42 - The guided bombs and missiles in Vietnam were TV/Optical guided IIRC. Like the Walleye and early Maverick. Not used in large numbers compared to dumb bombs however, being rather new technology.
@pclayton50633 жыл бұрын
@@assassin_rk42 My experience was all conventional (dumb) munitions. It was all up to the deliverer to hit the target.
@safarisloth3 жыл бұрын
My grandfather flew the A-37 in Vietnam, providing CAS to ground troops and special forces. Colonel Edsel "Coupe" De Ville left behind a memoir with his most memorable missions during his two tours. Great video! :)
@seanwilkinson86963 жыл бұрын
Seriously, Edsel "Coupe" DeVille is way up there on the list of most badass names, and it sounds like he did a most kickass job in flying the A-37.
@safarisloth3 жыл бұрын
@@seanwilkinson8696 Thanks for the kind words. He was an incredible storyteller. They also called him "The Flying Coonass," because he came from a Cajun heritage in Louisiana, USA.
@safarisloth3 жыл бұрын
He went on to become a base commander in Myrtle Beach, SC and achieve Top Gun status with the then prototype A-10 Warthog.
@elzarcho3 жыл бұрын
I'd like to read that memoir if it's available to buy! I saw the A-37 at the AF Museum in Dayton, and was almost as pleased with it as I was with the B-58 Hustler. Lovely little machine. Much respect to your grandpa.
@truebluemiata3 жыл бұрын
@@seanwilkinson8696 Edsel Coupe DeVille. What a mash-up!
@midwestlegacy19193 жыл бұрын
THIS is the Cessa they need to have at flight school for my check ride lol
@johnalderson16783 жыл бұрын
🤥
@Kevin_Levrone5053 жыл бұрын
Biggest lie since iraq have WMD's
@whocares65743 жыл бұрын
🧢
@checker1o1253 жыл бұрын
I hope not bro😅
@Minong_Manitou_Mishepeshu3 жыл бұрын
It was if you were an officer in the USAF....
@gmfraizer733 жыл бұрын
My dad was a highly decorated F-84, F-100 and F-105 pilot but when I told him that I really liked the T-37 and A-37, I was surprised at the high praise he had for them. I am biased in my choice of favorite military aircraft (F-105), A-37s ant T-37s are right up there. I also think they are very pretty airplanes.
@stephencannon31402 жыл бұрын
During the early 90’s we had a A-37 ground trainer. The airframe had long been retired but some lived on as ground trainers for maintenance. The Trainer version T-37 lived on until around the mid 2000’s as a initial pilot trainer.
@majscrap26292 жыл бұрын
We had a frame to train on too. Sheppard "78. Also Operationally at MAFB early 80's. They were around a while!
@McFingal3 жыл бұрын
The nose of them was nearly thee feet off the ground. They are great little trainers too. The T-37 & T-38’s are still flying today.
@annabellemontgomery20363 жыл бұрын
The T6 texan ii replaced the T37 tweet ( six thousand pound dog whise)l several years ago. I flew the T37 at Williams AFB in 70!s I was a great Trainer
@McFingal3 жыл бұрын
@@annabellemontgomery2036 what a shame, the tweet was just an easy plane.
@riverstratton44773 жыл бұрын
I got to fly in a T37 at Reese AFB Texas in 65 and 66, it was a little plane.
@McFingal3 жыл бұрын
It's like a jet powered rucksack, they are tiny. Still a cool little plane.
@jasonj13763 жыл бұрын
Sheppard AFB was the last base to transition from the T37 to the T6. But the T38c is still flying today and will be for some time.
@ORLY9113 жыл бұрын
This thing really is small up close, saw it USAF Museum, one could probably disassemble it and store it in a semi trailer if they wished, and it'd probably be easy to get it back together. One of my favorite air support units.
@jakelandry56453 жыл бұрын
There was an old T37 tweet parked in the hangar when I went to usaf tech school. I loved that little plane. It looks cool as hell.
@manny61133 жыл бұрын
This Is one of my favorite aircrafts. I was fascinated by it every time I saw them flying over our house during civil war in El Salvador. This was the very first fighter jet I ever saw and will never forget about it. I still remember clearly this one time they were attacking the guerrilla in a rural town not too far from my house. I think the town might have been Verapaz near by the San Vicente volcano. My brother and I climb a mango tree just to see everything. The battle lasted for a few hours and we could hear the machine guns and bombs going off. Will never forget that moment.
@andresvazquez97102 жыл бұрын
I think this might be a fun fact for some people here, but in my country, Uruguay, this little plane is still in service, you sometimes see them running maneuvers or training. Its somewhat inspiring to see that it had such a understated yet surprisingly effective reputation.
@aaronmills42383 жыл бұрын
Are there any super tweets flying today ? What a brilliant little plane
@HazzyBeats3 жыл бұрын
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@stephenketcham41793 жыл бұрын
The El Salvadoran Air Force has about 15 of them with 9 flying.
@Pablo_Uru373 жыл бұрын
Still in service in Uruguay
@johnalderson16783 жыл бұрын
Don’t be daft
@bcarm163 жыл бұрын
2 in Temora NSW Australia
@nivekyerac3 жыл бұрын
My friend Mike was killed piloting an A-37 that was shot up and crashed upon attempted landing. I though of him as soon as I saw this vid pop up. I was sad when I heard the news and it still makes me sad and angry at the waste of many of our very best.
@datadavis3 жыл бұрын
It wasn't wasted, they killed millions of communists.
@rhubarbpie20273 жыл бұрын
@@datadavis tell me you can't show sympathy, without telling me you can't show sympathy.
@uberkloden3 жыл бұрын
A futile waste of life.
@urbaneriksson97813 жыл бұрын
I fully understand your feelings around the death of Mike. My grandfather was killed in action defending his country against Soviet invasion. In general I think the deaths of vietnamese civilians and military personal is horrendously neglected, perhaps especially among those that dropped bombs on them. I recognize that a lot from crews on airplanes from allied air forces neglecting to accept that they mostly killed and wonded civilians, a lot of them german minorities fleeing from eastern europe and one of the worst genocide i europe.
@cheddar26483 жыл бұрын
@@rhubarbpie2027 Any Communist deserves worse than death, and we should be ready to deliver it upon them.
@alfredbabinsky94633 жыл бұрын
I was stationed at Bien Hoa Vietnam in 1969 to 1970 with the 3rd Tac Fighter Wing. This wing was deactivated during 1970 and we recieved the A-37s which I'm sure were Super tweets. I was not part of the aircraft squadron but in Field Maintenance working on Ground Support Equipment. Great video Al Babinsky
@merricc52183 жыл бұрын
my grandpa flew the A-37 in the South Vietnamese Air Force, he said he completed over 600 missions before being put into re-education camp after the war.
@sam87423 жыл бұрын
Poor fella
@andrestimmermanis73463 жыл бұрын
Sad fate for a hero defending his people....
@peekaboopeekaboo11653 жыл бұрын
Republic of Vietnam < you meant to say?
@njm32113 жыл бұрын
LOL
@ricwilson66123 жыл бұрын
My dad flew them out of Da Nang 69-70. Over 340 missions, two DFC's and somehow never even took a bullet in the airplane.
@AgentJayZ2 жыл бұрын
At 5:22, the engine shown is a J47. It was much larger, and one of them would produce as much thrust as two J85s, but it was an older design, and not very fuel efficient. It was used in the F-86 Sabre.
@robertspence8313 жыл бұрын
The Air and Space article was really good. Worth looking up for a quick read.
@bthsr71133 жыл бұрын
May have to dig that one out of storage.
@prepperjonpnw64823 жыл бұрын
Article? Mind if I ask what you are referring to?
@m1k3droid3 жыл бұрын
love the T-37, always wished they'd sold it as a small personal jet
@sofielee41223 жыл бұрын
i bet they'd sell a bunch too, im sure there are enough rich people out there that want to feel like a fighter pilot to make it worth cessna's time to restart production
@HazzyBeats3 жыл бұрын
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@isaacreicin48363 жыл бұрын
I would try and get intercepted by su 35s and then scare them by punching off the tanks and shooting a few hundred rounds into the sky. I think that would be just as exiting as landing a Cessna on red square
@Year20473 жыл бұрын
It looks like it would be fun to fly
@paulmallonee87353 жыл бұрын
Cessna did explore making a 4 seat version for civilian use but decided the market was not there. I saw a picture of it in a book of designs that never made it. My father, an engineer at Cessna, called it the "4000 pound dog whistle"
@m.pearce32733 жыл бұрын
A great story about the lesser known planes built and used widely.
@lord.d1_3 жыл бұрын
My uncle did not die during the War. He flew an A-37 as well, achieved Top Gun trophy on April 1970 after he finished transferring from the A-1 to the A-37. He was a Captain at that time.
@Ruteger1002 жыл бұрын
I love the Black and white stock footage of the aircraft engineers standing around smoking pipes and nodding. Classic.
@vinniemoreno7043 жыл бұрын
Growing up in southwest Texas my childhood was awesome with T-37 tweets filling the sky.
@amak11313 жыл бұрын
The grand-dad of the A10. Ain't pretty or advanced, but it gets the job done!
@bthsr71133 жыл бұрын
Not really. A-10 has different lineage.
@ratagris213 жыл бұрын
Brrrrttttttt omitted
@petionville93593 жыл бұрын
P 47
@taiming713 жыл бұрын
No The Granddad of the A10 was the P-47 it was a flying tank and destroyer of everything on the ground.
@ratagris213 жыл бұрын
@@taiming71 the original Thunderbolt P-47 WW2
@michaelkottler2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Dark Skies, for this informative documentary on an airborne weapon system which hasn't received a ton of coverage. The Super-Tweet was amazing and seems like a precursor (along, in some ways, w/the OV-10 Bronco) to the A-10. Love that engineers found grass and tree limbs in the undercarriage! Epic aircraft and great doc.
@williamthenoah52773 жыл бұрын
I can’t believe somebody finally made a video on this plane it’s my favorite plane of all time!
@darylcav62853 жыл бұрын
Same here, I saw a national guard one on a navy base when I worked as a fueler, asked the crew why there were grates over the intakes and he gave me the whole story of them in Vietnam and how low they would fly over the jungle, loved them ever since
@haroldwilkes66083 жыл бұрын
From a forward air controller: ("Thank God," one blurted over an open mike on one sortie when F-4s were replaced by A-37s; "now I have somebody who can actually hit the damn target.") It actually flew like pilots move their hands when talking...swoop, swoop, dip, swoop.
@jimchape3 жыл бұрын
Tweets were also nicknamed "The Converter" because they converted fuel to noise. They were one of the loudest fighter aircraft flown in Vietnam or since. They were also notable as the only aircraft that was louder in front of the aircraft than behind it. One of THE BEST light attack aircraft the Air Force ever flew, it and the A1 Skyraider aka "The Spad" were the parents of today's A-10 Thunderbolt 2 aka "The Warthog".
@cajunsniper80513 жыл бұрын
So it was Cessna that actually sent out the first “Tweets” 😏
@Joshua_N-A3 жыл бұрын
That tweet post was a killer.
@jerryjeromehawkins17123 жыл бұрын
I see what you did there Cajun... very nice, lol. 🍻
@spooderdoggy3 жыл бұрын
Jack Dorsey, eat your heart out!😂
@thebronzetoo3 жыл бұрын
LOLOL
@justme11bexray33 жыл бұрын
That is toooooo funneh!! 😂😂
@krondarr88653 жыл бұрын
Today if you were tell someone that you flew a Cessna in combat they would probably think you were either lying or crazy. Of course the guys that did were probably a little crazy anyway but man they sure have my respect.
@deejayimm2 жыл бұрын
Strangely good looking aircraft.
@ronaldagresott84362 жыл бұрын
I'm from colombia and i still see them flying in formations over my house
@ATFprdepartment3 жыл бұрын
This thing looks really cool, honestly it’s one of the nicest looking Jets I’ve seen
@majscrap26292 жыл бұрын
Scrappy looking all decked out as a warbird.
@captaingyro39123 жыл бұрын
I flew the A-37B for a few years. The J-85 engines were the same ones installed in the T-38, without the afterburners. On a jet that small the J-85 was a lot of engine, although when loaded down with external tanks and bomb racks the jet wasn't terribly nimble until some of the tanks were emptied. The aircraft sat so low on the landing gear that we had screens that covered the intakes during ground ops. Also, operating on concrete was OK, but if taxiing on asphalt (or tarmac, as it's now known) we couldn't stop for more than a few seconds because the jet blast would dig big divots in the pavement behind us.
@es330td2 жыл бұрын
If you are allowed to share, did this plane require an external starter cart or could it power up on its own?
@captaingyro39122 жыл бұрын
@@es330td As far as I can remember it had electric starter-generators and used battery power to start.
@es330td2 жыл бұрын
@@captaingyro3912 Thanks. I used to live near Randolph AFB and saw the T-37's flying pretty regularly. Now that I fly Cessna 172 and 182 I really like the side by side configuration of the plane for general flying. It feels like the T-37 would be a great recreational plane.
@semco720573 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing a few of the A-37's while in the Air Force and the first one I saw was at Lackland AFB, Texas on static display. I never worked on them since I was working on the B-52 Stratofortresses at the time and the only fighter aircraft I saw was the F-106 fighter which was at my first duty station.
@jasonj13762 жыл бұрын
I worked on the T-37 till they were retired. They were simple yet reliable all the way to the bone yard.
@robertphillips62962 жыл бұрын
Gives an interesting meaning to Tweets!
@brentflora89653 жыл бұрын
I LOVED the reference of KISS 🤣! Keep It Simple Stupid is 1 reason why the Air force can't junk the A10 Warthog, as is desired!!
@matthiuskoenig33783 жыл бұрын
actualy one of the arguements against the A-10 is that it isn't simple and is rather expensive to maintain. which is why they want to partially replace it with A29s, AT-6Es or a combat varient of the winner of the T-X program (with the remainder being replaced by F-35s)
@michaelking5503 жыл бұрын
You can thank Kelly Johnson@ Lockheed, for the KISS principle..
@brentflora89653 жыл бұрын
@@matthiuskoenig3378 the only thing about the replacements you mentioned is that NONE of them have a titanium tub, as much fire power or be able to keep flying after being shot up
@bthsr71133 жыл бұрын
@@brentflora8965 And the F-35 is less accurate, on top of damaging itself with its own cannon and shells.
@bobbys43273 жыл бұрын
politicians and big mil brass gotta get some kickback $$$$$
@robertmoran70243 жыл бұрын
"A nice low velocity aircraft, you'll survive the crash" is how it was described to me by a former USAF F4 pilot who flew over RVN
@gunnarsmith22733 жыл бұрын
He’s going over all my favorites now
@micahrogers49282 жыл бұрын
I had the pleasure of watching the Super Tweet doing a live fire run using the gun, my dad was an Air Force COIN instructor at Camp Bullis outside San Antonio in the mid to late 70s
@waynemetzger62512 жыл бұрын
The neatest little jet i ever saw !!! What an aircraft both tweet and super tweet!!
@samobispo15273 жыл бұрын
This is one of the best Dark Skies episodes! Saw a lot of the plane in Central America in the 1980s. Unfortunately, the region's air forces really need a replacement. Is there anything the A-37 can do that the A-29 Super Tucano can't?
@cheaptaco7479 Жыл бұрын
you cant look your copilot in the eyes and tell him how much you appreciate his company
@rzober89biologia3 жыл бұрын
We have one in a museum in Kraków, Poland. It came with F-5E from Vietnam in 1977 :)
@jamesbaker71123 жыл бұрын
Hello from Texas.
@joshuatan33533 жыл бұрын
This guys talks faster than the super tweets 😂
@Juntasification3 жыл бұрын
It's just sped up about 15%. Try's to greate some mystique I gues. Settings->playback speed->custom.
@georgemallory7973 жыл бұрын
One of my ground instructors in college also flew A-37's for the Michigan ANG. He taxied it onto or ramp so the students in our aviation program could see it. Nice guy. Vietnam Veteran who flew KC-135's.
@MrTonyharrell3 жыл бұрын
I finally know what that strange aircraft I saw mixed in with F4s and F15s on the 33rd flightline at Eglin in 1979. I never forgot it. It hugged the ground unlike all the other aircraft.
@kdrapertrucker3 жыл бұрын
That's it! I WANT AN INTERDICTION/STRIKE VERSION OF THE CESSNA 172.
@jedironin3803 жыл бұрын
A C-182 or 207 would be better choices- bigger and stronger. ;) I've flown C-172's before, too, with the IO-180 HP engines.
@bricefleckenstein96663 жыл бұрын
I'd prefer that the one Scaled Composites came up with had gotten picked up and put into production.
@kdrapertrucker2 жыл бұрын
No, the next Cessna warplane: the A-308 combat caravan.
@kdrapertrucker2 жыл бұрын
Next: the Robinson AH-44 combat Raven.
@kdrapertrucker2 жыл бұрын
@@bricefleckenstein9666 the ares, it would not have been able to take the pounding an A-10 could take, but it's a cool plane.
@gjswilson3 жыл бұрын
My advice set playback at .75% so the narration sounds normal
@idleonlooker10783 жыл бұрын
I've always considered the A-37 Dragonfly as a beautiful little aircraft!! 👍
@bawalmagisip12 жыл бұрын
Almost spit out hot coffee when I heard "Mattel marauders."
@MRptwrench Жыл бұрын
A sweet treat to get this deep dive on the Super Tweet! I loved this little plane from my teenage modeling days. When scouring for images and relatively rare videos I was amazed by its incredible profile, especially take-off and landings. Hell, even taxiing the '37 looks as if it's sci-fi!
@Stigstigster3 жыл бұрын
I love the little gecko lookin' thing. What a cool and capable little warplane.
@bondgabebond49073 жыл бұрын
Father takes little daughter to an air shore at the local airbase. He points to the F-4A Phantom II, mentioning how mean and nasty it was at war. Daughter looks off and sees the A-37 and tells dad, "Those are so cute!" Can you imagine the look on dad's face!
@olliefoxx71653 жыл бұрын
Lol. Well, it is a good looking plane.
@riverstratton44773 жыл бұрын
It looked like a frog
@lonebikeroftheapocalypse95273 жыл бұрын
F4 looks like a boxcar on the ground
@seanwilkinson86963 жыл бұрын
@@riverstratton4477 If it looks like a frog, it needs a punny frog nickname: - The Killer Keroppi (one of the Hello Kitty cast of characters) - The Remarkable Flaming Frog of Cessna's Bounty (Twain's "The Remarkable Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" story) - Missile-Can J. Frog (Looney Tunes' Michigan J. Frog)
@bricefleckenstein96663 жыл бұрын
@@seanwilkinson8696 Killer Kermit.
@desertpunk75883 жыл бұрын
@0:31 That right there, is a bonafide CH-53A Sea Stallion! I wish I was able to see the tail number and Squadron Markings; it may have been one of the aircraft I worked on. It was the best of times, and it was the worst of times; one old-timer said it better, "It's that million dollar experience you wouldn't pay a dime to have!"
@rtchow30003 жыл бұрын
this is not a cH53A Sea Stallion. look again. it is a CH3 Jolly Green Giant rescue chopper. i know bc i worked on them at 302 SOS Luke AFB using GE J-58 twin engines.
@darvinclement32503 жыл бұрын
I've never heard of them before, thanks for this video! That's a slick little jet.
@williamscoggin15093 жыл бұрын
I remember when I was about 12 or 13 years old walking out on the flight line at Randolph field in San Antonio taking pictures of them with my Kodak instamatic camera with black and white film. We had gone down to visit my uncle he was in the Air Force. When he retired he was the senior enlisted man of all of the Air Force. William H Scoggin with 37 years active service.
@rtarouca2 жыл бұрын
They were also used by the portuguese Air force. As a child I saw the "Wings of Portugal" (Asas de Portugal) train their acrobatic routine. They sure do loop but those engines really struggled.
@Hidemyname783 жыл бұрын
Wow I suggested this plane a while ago and I am sure many others but I love this thing I am so excited thank you thank you thank you
@HazzyBeats3 жыл бұрын
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@djay66513 жыл бұрын
This bird was also known as the "Dragonfly".
@tauceti83413 жыл бұрын
that a cool moniker
@verbotn3 жыл бұрын
Makes sense given how its canopy looks
@bossco093 жыл бұрын
That's what i know these aircraft by....
@alpha51omega383 жыл бұрын
Yes, 'Tweet' was sort of a slap in the face to be called. Dragonfly was much better and deserving.
@marlinus643 жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@munsunsnight3 жыл бұрын
My country's air force retired those planes in 2010. Great videos, cheers from Guatemala lml
@jorgemelide60053 жыл бұрын
Here in Uruguay there are five dragonflyes still in duty in our Air force
@FyodorUshakovSuka3 жыл бұрын
Great video. Beautiful plane to see... Super Tucanos father...
@jerrycallison61253 жыл бұрын
Our Air Force tends to be enamored with the big, high, and fast. They have since their inception had little interest or concern for close air support or for the guy in the dirt. Tactical/nuclear warfare became their focus. They have no concept that is is the man with the rifle in his hands who takes and holds the land. The fact that is was higher than expected losses (hence a need for something more simple that could be built more quickly) that caused them to rethink the A-37 should be a wake-up call, but unfortunately, little planes have no cachet when one is seeking general's stars.
@scottw5315 Жыл бұрын
Hence, multiple USAF efforts to cancel the A=10.
@darrenq.campbell35053 жыл бұрын
I love your videos men, keep it up!
@HazzyBeats3 жыл бұрын
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@billwellford3763 жыл бұрын
My father flew the A-37 out of Bien Hoa in 1969 when he was assigned to the 604th Special Operations Squadron. He did a total of 4 tours in Southeast Asia. This was his second. His last two tours were flying B-52s. After he retired, his favorite reunions were always with the 604th.
@markaustin6432 жыл бұрын
My father, Lt.Col. Coy Austin, was an A-37 squadron ops officer and squadron commander at Bien Hoa, late 1969 to late 1970. I don't remember the squadron numbers, but one of them had a dragon on the helmet and the other had a pair of dice.
@billwellford3762 жыл бұрын
@@markaustin643 The 604th Special Operations Squadron had a Dragon on their squadron patch.
@Phoenix-xn3sf3 жыл бұрын
One of the coolest looking jets out there, it has that rare quality of possibly looking even more bad-ass while on the ground.
@turbo1gts3 жыл бұрын
I loved seeing the C-141 in its natural metal state. I only ever saw them in person in black and white, then camo coloring.
@LadnoMuun3 жыл бұрын
The moment the dude started spiting I had to double check the playback speed ffs 🤣
@fking36353 жыл бұрын
Yep a engine change took a good crew less than 3 hours... that including run up....
@Joshua_N-A3 жыл бұрын
Same goes to the F-5.
@kalashnikovdevil3 жыл бұрын
Never thought I'd see a tail flash from the base I work at in one of these videos. The Tweet's legacy here is that it was a fucking loud little bastard, and they had a unique harmonic effect where if you had a flight line full of the little fuckers, like say, at a training base, they'd somehow manage to be even louder than the sum of their parts. You can easily spot buildings from the Tweet era on USAF UPT bases because they're built like fortified bunkers.
@ex-engineer66573 жыл бұрын
I don't usually rewatch youtube videos, but this plane was great. Thanks for posting.
@truebonnie26663 жыл бұрын
"the kiss principle. keep it simple stupid" best thing I have heard today
@realdeathpony3 жыл бұрын
Looks like your comment is light on KISS.
@jimchape3 жыл бұрын
Its where the A-10 came from.
@krondarr88653 жыл бұрын
Yeah too bad it has fallen out of common use, it would probably make some sjw cry.
@MarcG74243 жыл бұрын
Was true then is true now
@matthiuskoenig33783 жыл бұрын
@@jimchape the A-10 is not really simple, the US airforce has been trying to get its hands on an actually simple light attack aircraft to partially replace the A-10 since atleast 2010.
@davidwatson23993 жыл бұрын
2 were bought by an Australian war bird collector, Colin Pay, at Scone NSW.
@bronsonperich94303 жыл бұрын
I used to live in Singleton and would vist Scone... it's not that big a town, where did he keep em? I'm curious!
@ethanlow46883 жыл бұрын
@@bronsonperich9430 they’re at the Temora Aviation Museum NSW, I’ve seen one of them fly and they keep the other in the hanger
@bronsonperich94303 жыл бұрын
@@ethanlow4688 wow! Thanks!
@davidwatson23993 жыл бұрын
@@bronsonperich9430 The used to be at Scone Airport. sadly Colin died in a crash while testing fire bombing equipment. The Dragonflies arrived in the early 90's with spare engines still in their sealed pods. They were still in US green.
@bronsonperich94303 жыл бұрын
@@davidwatson2399 May Colin rest in peace. Sounds like he was a great bloke.
@skip123davis3 жыл бұрын
i've flown in a T37 when i was usaf. got airman of the quarter, and an "orientation flight." best thing i ever did. that plane has amazing aerobatic capability! i had a choice between a T37 and T38, and i chose the former, because: aerobatics yay! from motorcycling, i knew that going fast wears off fast, but the thrill of poking holes in the clouds really got to me. glad i did.
@jsbarrus2 жыл бұрын
The T-37 was called the Tweet because of the sound it made, a high pitch scream. The A-37 was called the Super Tweet because it was a T-37 with T-38 engines, bombs, screens over the intake for rough field Take offs and a 7.62 mini gun in the nose. Definitely a Super version of the T-37!
@tarasbulba31902 жыл бұрын
Wow! Never knew of this aircraft. Thanks for posting!
@TheMadVulpen3 жыл бұрын
My dad used to fly the A-37, he told me how he had to train agains't with tomcat's, hornet's and mirages. he loves that aircraft
@mills94023 жыл бұрын
Aye why not make a plane crazy tutorial
@Bubba-zu6yr3 жыл бұрын
Interesting bird… kind of a precursor to the Warthog!
@JC1306763 жыл бұрын
A-10 sees A-37. A-10: "Awww how cute, a mini-me." Or: A-10 and A-37 meet. A-10: "Wow, you're tiny." A-37: "Maybe, but that's better than looking like a warthog."
@harleyb.birdwhisperer3 жыл бұрын
I hauled the first one into Viet Nam in a crate aboard a C-141.
@johnalderson16783 жыл бұрын
Bet ya didn’t
@terry_willis3 жыл бұрын
@@johnalderson1678 He did. I saw him do it.
@harleyb.birdwhisperer3 жыл бұрын
@@johnalderson1678 I did.
@mcburcke3 жыл бұрын
On the flightline we used to call those things the "A-37 Converter" ... what they did best was to convert fuel into noise.
@bitrage.3 жыл бұрын
I REALLY like the super tweet, its a rare 50/50 mix of older ww2 fighters and new jet powered fighters... Which seems like a natural progression from that era to todays era but the supertweet is like the only plane like that...
@duncanidaho21303 жыл бұрын
American National living in Guatemala : This country's Air Force primarily uses this type of plane. They call it Quatzalito, little quetzal.
@crazysilly29143 жыл бұрын
To this day?
@duncanidaho21303 жыл бұрын
@@crazysilly2914 Yes. Kinda like the one in Quantum of Solace.
@dragonsbreath19843 жыл бұрын
Tell me this plane ain’t a “babe getter” when you do a fly-in at an airshow.
@toddsmith86083 жыл бұрын
Dragons breath: for sure a babe getter! Blue Angels be standing around with no one to talk to while the Tweety Bird pilots get all the attention.
@alpha51omega383 жыл бұрын
Think of that....you've got a nice side by side offer when you say' Hey baby, wanna go up for a fun ride'?
@toddsmith86083 жыл бұрын
@@alpha51omega38 so you're saying the tweet is air-head friendly? Makes sense. Hard to get a beej in a tandem seat.
@apeshitcrazyman3 жыл бұрын
Great video, but i now, literally watch this whole channel at 75% speed and it's SOOO MUCH better. I can't believe how consistently fast this guy talks!
@Twister0513 жыл бұрын
Over 1300 hrs in Tweets. It was an under-powered sports car. Once you learned how to manage the energy it was a blast to fly.
@a.c.m.45483 жыл бұрын
"I think my roast is burning. My leg is on fire. There's a tiger in my room. 27 red bulls was a mistake. This plane was built by cessna. I'm going to run a 15 kilometer marathon. I'll be back to finish the video. In 23 minutes."
@barrybend71893 жыл бұрын
So this is the craft the VA-3 from Macross plus and 7 were based off of.
@skywarp13 жыл бұрын
I'm a Macross/Robotech fan as well, but the VA-3 looks more like an A-6 Intruder
@barrybend71893 жыл бұрын
@@skywarp1 look at its wing and engine configuration.
@davecrupel28173 жыл бұрын
*sees Dark Skies* K im just gonna adjust video speed to .75....
@a647383 жыл бұрын
LOL same ;)
@heba27113 жыл бұрын
He talks so damn fast. English is my second language and I use it very often, but he is in a league for himself. Nice voice though, but WAY too fast for my understanding of what he is saying.
@bobuboi46433 жыл бұрын
@@heba2711 in my opinion i can easily understand what he is saying but at 0.75 it basically sounds like someone made him chug 5 bottles of alcohol and he got drunk.........
@lonebikeroftheapocalypse95273 жыл бұрын
Looks like something 1960's Batman would fly.
@aquariuswithfire3 жыл бұрын
The 111th Attack Wing flew these when I was stationed at NAS Willow Grove joint reserve base back in the 80s. Compared to our A4s they looked like MG Midget sport scars. Very cool.