103 - F-100 Super Sabre

[@markmcqueen1882]

My Uncle flew the F-100 in Vietnam. Afterward the A.F. told him he was "too old" (his words) to be a fighter pilot so the "let" him fly B-52s for SAC.

[@SDsc0rch]

bringing Bruce Gordon onboard was a great decision :))

[@FighterPilotPodcast]

Thanks, Eric. He's definitely added an interesting dimension to these episodes.

[@hockey3761]

@@FighterPilotPodcast yeah he's fantastic! One of the most interesting guys out there....and loved the f-106 so cool to hear his stories

[@BullittGT40]

If I remember correctly Boyd's trick low speed in the F-100 was to lock his elbows on the canopy rails so the stick wouldn't move laterally and use his rudders to maneuver and that helped him keep it in control in that part of the envelope.

[@davefost]

Great guest! And a great museum... I really enjoyed visiting that museum a few years back. And thanks for bringing Bruce back. I am really enjoying his book!

[@joevignolor4u949]

I was in the Air Guard back in the 1970's doing avionics maintenance on F-100's. During that time I got two rides in the back seat of an F-100F. The second ride was part of a training exercise where we were the aggressors against F-15's. I was with an experienced pilot who had flown in Korea and Vietnam while the F-15's were being flown by young pilots right out of flight school. During the first dogfight the Super Sabre I was in managed to shoot down an F-15.

[@threexfromwsg]

Cool story bro.

[@Fast85FoxGT]

F100 is one of my favorites. Love em. Cant wait for the next 2 episodes!

[@doctortmd]

Continue to be impressed with this production, bringing history alive and preserving and presenting stories in an entertaining way. I didn’t expect to love these older fighter episodes more than the modern generations, but I am loving it! You guys are finding wonderful guests and I can’t wait for the 104.

[@FighterPilotPodcast]

Thanks, Dr. Ty!

[@n7565j]

Every time I watch/hear a Fighter Pilot Podcast I think, this has to be my favorite!!! All of you do a fantastic job detailing the a/c, crews, jobs, and uses of each!!! I've very much enjoyed the addition of Mr Gordon on the Century Series Broadcast!! He's a fantastic speaker who wrote a terrific book (which I've read twice (so far ;-))!!! My wife purchased his book for our annual anniversary trip (she likes for me to put away the tech on our trips to the NC mountains ;-), she actually sent him the amazon price for the book as she thought he might take his wife out to supper with the extra... That honest rascal actually sent back the extra money, so my wife sent it back with a note explaining what it was for... He's just a good, honest, old fashioned man!!! God Bless You All & God Bless America!!! :-)

[@mikewysko2268]

Always enjoy hearing from Bruce Gordon.

[@showtime112]

Great episode! Soooo looking forward to episodes 104 and 105!

[@FighterPilotPodcast]

Patience. 😉

[@kainhall]

40:54 the f-100 is my favorite jet..... simply because it looks FAST!!! even sitting still . it might be under powered..... but it looks like it should have the thrust of an SR-71 engine

[@yes_head]

It looked faster than it was. I always have to remind myself that it's actually a contemporary of the MiG-19, the Communist Block's first supersonic fighter. Both were powered by early axial flow turbojets, and the engineering around efficient supersonic design wasn't fully understood yet.

[@cowboysfannv9418]

It looks like a hand vacuum

[@maximilliancunningham6091]

This is a wonderfull disertation, you've produced on the century series. Thank you. You rawk !😊

[@FighterPilotPodcast]

🙏

[@slickstrings]

Pleaaaaase do an episode on the f111. Im sure theres a few US and Australian pilots that would like to talk about it.

[@FighterPilotPodcast]

Hmm, hadn't thought about what to feature on episode 111 yet... 😉

[@Whiskey11Gaming]

@@FighterPilotPodcast Hopefully another F14 Tomcat episode! 🤣😂🤣

[@dankuettel5063]

I’ve been to that museum and it was in the middle of August! Hot! Sat in an F-105 cockpit and thoroughly enjoyed the model plane collection in the cabinets. Great podcast guys!

[@DNModels]

I wish all the shows were hosted by this guy. Great job!

[@chrischapin2936]

I love the F-100...my Dad flew the F-100D in Viet Nam and I have fond memories as a young boy watching the Thunderbirds fly the F-100C. For anyone interested, there is a really good documentary called “Hun Pilots” available on Prime Video. Thanks for the great Podcast!

[@nobodyspecial7185]

Mine too.

[@jonathangibson9098]

The F-100 was the first model I built as a kid that I was actually proud off. (they had been pretty poor up to that point). Great interview for a damn fine looking aircraft.

[@joevignolor4u949]

I had a similar experience when I got a model kit of an F-100 at a Christmas party. I was too young so my father built it for me. Then about 20 years later I was in the Air Guard and I got two rides in a real F-100. Its funny how things like that happen sometimes.

[@jonathanoravec8191]

Very good museum with a lot of unique aircraft, missiles, drones, etc. Last time I went the restoration building was open and you could see the folks assembling some of the aircraft.

[@tabascoindy5005]

Great stories. Hitting tree tops & water bring us back to joy and innocence

[@mikewysko2268]

Facinating interviews. Thanks Gen Goddard!😀

[@EnhanceRaptor]

F-100C Super Sabre appears in the 1980s version of the Japanese animated series Area 88. It's operated by the main character's best friend for the first two episodes before the pilot upgrades to the F-14A Tomcat in the third and final episode.

[@ji3194]

I love area 88 such a great anime.

[@michaelnelson3223]

Love this show. My father flew the 100 in Chaumont France and Lakenheath with the 48th and Clovis with the 474th.One of the founders of the CBSA. He had some funny stories about the Hun.

[@robertstack2144]

The iron bombs of 750 pounds were Mk-117

[@_RAF_SkyRider_]

Thank you, Vincent for the General! I really like his explanation of the aerodynamic problems the F-100 had! Bruce Gordon in the end added some pepper into the show! That was absolutely brilliant! I love it! Salute from Russia!

[@FighterPilotPodcast]

Спасибо!

[@kevinhedspeth4303]

Two movies that the F-100 starred in was "Skyjacked" where New Mexico ANG F-100s were painted with red stars to portray Migs that were intercepting the hi jacked airliner as it entered russian air space and "Andromeda Strain" where an air force pilot flying an "F-4 Phantom " in the movie was disabled by the alien virus and crashed. When they go to the crash site, it is actually a wrecked F-100.

[@RCAvhstape]

Bruce is a badass, his stories are the craziest. Can't hit the target that's shooting at you? Get closer! Feel the shockwaves of your bombs? Cool, long as there's no shrapnel!

[@FighterPilotPodcast]

Right? Our F-117 guest had a similar story.

[@robertstack2144]

The movie called Airplane , as I recall, did have four F-100 C aircraft in it from New Mexico ANG(188TH) . We were 136th NYANG, Niagara, and the 188th was in the adjacent revetments at TuyHoa RVN, 68-69. The four aircraft had four foot high Red Stars painted on the mid fuselage. They were suppose to be Soviet interceptors that intercepted the airliner floan by Chareton Heston as I recall.

[@FighterPilotPodcast]

Wasn't 'Airplane' a slapstick comedy?

[@robertstack2144]

Reading other comments, the movie was SKYJACKED

[@FighterPilotPodcast]

Ah.

[@robertstack2144]

@@FighterPilotPodcast yes I corrected it and added the 750 pound type bomb (Mk-117)

[@robertstack2144]

The move was SKYJACKED, and I thank @Dutch Wood for correcting my alzheimer attack.

[@LRRPFco52]

The main place people saw the F-100 was with the USAF Flight Demo Team, the Thunderbirds. It’s the only Thunderbird that was flown for several years (F-100C from 1956-1964), then had another aircraft they transitioned to with the F-105B (only 6 shows with a major accident), then went back to the F-100 with the D model that same year and continued with Huns until 1969, when they transitioned to the F-4E.

[@FighterPilotPodcast]

Didn't know!

[@LRRPFco52]

@@FighterPilotPodcast They discovered structural weaknesses in the F-105B after one of the T-Birds broke onto pieces during an arrival at Hamilton AFB, and another F-105B in USAF service, I believe at Eglin AFB, suffered the same type of break-up, so they grounded the fleet. The T-Birds couldn't wait around, so they went to F-100Ds to get back into training and shows. The Hun was really tight in the formation compared to other platforms.

[@biscuiteater58]

Looking to get in touch with a F-100 pilot that came into Binh Thuy Air Base in 1969 for maintenance for a bullet hit in the wing.

[@Tigershark_3082]

This is some absolutely fascinating stuff!

[@alex3261]

Great episode, thank you! What about an episode on the flight safety ans/or about the aircrew flight gear? Many people are excited about flight suits, g-suits, helmets, boots, survival kits, survival training and so on, without having a grip on why that is necessary. I’m pretty sure that this would be quite interesting.

[@billgibson--tacticalyakn--outd]

The F-100 was in one movie that I know of. It was used in the 1972 movie "Skyjacked". They were used as Russian Migs. I can understand why they did it but it has always bothered me--It's the only thing I remember about the movie! Great interview--beautiful aircraft. Thanks ,Bill Gibson--Dallas Tx.

[@robertstack2144]

Sorry , I corrected my mistake in calling it Airplane, look at me, Robert Stack was in Airplane

[@patrickforni6788]

The best podcast in the planette

[@dutchbrotherfan1284]

I remember the movie Skyjacked that had National Guard F-100 as MIGs

[@robertstack2144]

I believe you are correct, the movie was Skyjacked. The 188th NMANG flew them. I recall the each airplane had a yellow roadrunner on the vertical fin. They had the roadrunner on them at Tuy Hoa. We were the 136th NYANG FROM NIAGARA. Both of our squadrons were next to each other in Tuy Hoa RVN.

[@dutchbrotherfan1284]

That’s a cool reply yes I looked it up on You Tube. What was your job with the Guard?

[@robertstack2144]

@@dutchbrotherfan1284 I was a Crew Chief, or a mechanic on the Hun. Crew Chief meant you had a crew of one working on it, my crew was me, myself, and I, but always had another guy show, at the worst time, Murphy.

[@robertstack2144]

@@dutchbrotherfan1284 Also you need to know that I had the movie AIRPLANE on my mind because I've been watching a KZbin 747 pilot named Kelsey who did a reality ck on the movie and actual "should be like scenario." Did you see the comment about the roadrunner on the fin?

[@dutchbrotherfan1284]

I did and I seen it. My brother lives in Albuquerque and I seen the roadrunner on the tails of F-16’s before they turned them in

[@DGG.85]

Not on spotify :/

[@FighterPilotPodcast]

Released early on KZbin; will be on Spotify and all other podcast apps at 4 am Pacific.

[@Fast85FoxGT]

There's a terrific documentary on Amazon Prime called " *Hun Pilots* " Interviews of f100 pilots, crews and their experiences. Also the sister show to this one is about F105s which is honestly just incredible called " *Thud Pilots* " Highly, highly recommend these for anyone who is interested!

[@F22raptor46]

John Boyd devised the EM theory on the F-86 Sabre, not the F-100

[@OhItsThat]

Where can I see pics of his F100?

[@FighterPilotPodcast]

museumofaviation.org/portfolio/f-100d-super-sabre/

[@OhItsThat]

@@FighterPilotPodcast Thank you. I live in Portland, i haven’t looked into the state of the Evergreen museum at the moment but I sure hope it’s ok.

[@StandingCow2]

My grandfather had like 4000 hours in the Super Saber. Wonder if Gen Goddard knew him.

[@aaronanstett8987]

Starfighter next?

[@FighterPilotPodcast]

😉

[@yes_head]

The way he described those dive bombing attacks sounds like it's not much different than SBDs in WW2.

[@dks13827]

Have Rick do another show on his F-111 time. He is great.

[@ar15f117]

AH-1 Cobra episode?

[@FighterPilotPodcast]

What about the F-100 made you think of that?

[@ar15f117]

@@FighterPilotPodcast Nothing... It is just another episode that isn't the Cobra that was suppose to air sometime in October. Anyway, keep up the great work guys.

[@FighterPilotPodcast]

@@ar15f117 Crud, did we promise everyone the Cobra in October and then forgot? I forgot that I even forgot.

[@ar15f117]

@@FighterPilotPodcast No promises made, Jello stated a targeted podcast of the Cobra may aire in October in an email response regarding the terrific Kiowa and Apache podcasts.

[@FighterPilotPodcast]

@@ar15f117 Gotcha (this is Jell-O). Hopefully this year but likely not before summer...

[@couchfighter]

I HAVE AN UNCLE THAT DID ALL KINDS OF NEAT STUFF IN HIS CAREER. HE FLEW F15'S AND F16'S AND WAS A 3 STAR GENERAL WHEN IT WAS ALL OVER...THESE PODCASTS ARE WHAT I ALWAYS WANTED,

[@michaelwardell3085]

"Kronos: Ravager of Planets" (1957) features an F-100A. "X-15" also features an F-100 -- crashing. (spoiler)

[@horsemumbler1]

47:20 Mark Carvan

[@TheDecline1983]

As an F-16 guy, you just hit the button and let the computer do everything. Hah, what a flex!

[@FighterPilotPodcast]

A slight oversimplification, perhaps, but close.

[@republicofaviators4589]

Oh yeah

[@mcmoose64]

Can we have him back to discuss the F111.

[@FighterPilotPodcast]

Already have some Aussies lined up for the F-111.

[@APV878]

Love Ya, Hun!

[@RCAvhstape]

The Devil Went Down to Dundalk

[@obunga7834]

nice

[@horsemumbler1]

Ain't none like the Hun!

[@SDsc0rch]

luv me sum hun.....

[@Otto10761]

second!

[@a753951852]

First!..

[@headiii_plays]

I really don't wanna be that person but: Nobody cares about that in 2021 :/

[@a753951852]

@@headiii_plays 😁

[@TOMCATnbr]

@@headiii_plays nobody cares, no matter the year we are.