Season 2 Episode 1 - The Mover and Gonky Show

[@MikeSiemens88]

Alf's T-33 stories brought back memories for me. I was a tech in the CAF & had a tour in Baden Germany with most of my time working on the whisper jet. His ride as an Air Cadet in the back seat & encountering an F4 mirrors my own experience on a flight home after repairing a T-33 with a faulty starter panel. We had flown to the German base Memmingen where the aircraft had gone unserviceable with another crew. They flew our aircraft back as I was working on the broken bird. Unable to complete the repair that day we stayed overnight & departed for Baden the next day. On start up the radio inverter decided to crap out & with no parts to repair it, the pilot was able to get permission to fly home low level on emergency UHF radio which ran off the DC electrical system. I had had a few beers too many the night before so wasn't feeling all that great, the pilot was tip top. As we were tooling along at a few hundred feet AGL I caught something going under us out of the corner of my eye. Next thing we know a German F4 pulled up in front of us, having bounced us from behind & flown beneath our aircraft. The pilot Tom came over the intercom calmly saying 'that's what happens when you don't watch your 6'. I nearly crapped myself when I saw that huge beast fill the sky in front of us. After a minute or so with the F4 slightly ahead to our port, Tom decided entertain the invitation & give chase. T-33 vs F4, hehe. The outcome might surprise folks. The T-33 is quite maneuverable at that altitude & try as he might the F4 couldn't shake us off his tail. I was on the 100% button on the oxygen regulator trying not to lose my cookies as Tom threw the old bird around keeping the F4 in his sights. At one point he again hit the intercom to say "brrrrrt", meaning he had a kill. Finally tiring of the game the F4 lit his burners & left us in the dust. Might be worth mentioning at this point that our Canadair built T-birds had a more powerful Rolls Royce Nene 10 engine installed compared to the US Lockheed built aircraft with their Allison jets.

[@themoverandgonkyshow]

Thank you for the comment!! Great story!

[@Hieronymus628]

Alf was a great guest. Love hearing the perspective of our northern neighbors.

[@montrose699]

Thanks for a great show. Being Canadian we don't get to see or hear this stuff and it was a fun show

[@whatis6x9]

What a fantastic beginning to season 2. Alf is a superb addition that I would love to hear more from. Great work boys

[@riksplace]

Great show....hope ALF comes back......great show every week lately.........

[@FlodieWoods]

Great episode! Im headed off to begin my career in the RCAF, one of the lucky few to get a pilot slot this year, in a few short weeks. This is a great treasure trove of information and exciting stories. Thank you Mover, Gonky and Alf!

[@Legellan]

Just watched the Cf-18 Demo this past weekend at the at the Abbotsford Airshow. Great performance by the pilot!

[@WildWeaselPhantom]

Off to a great start for season 2. I hope ALF returns again soon. He is awesome.

[@theeducatedgrunt2087]

Alf is a super nice man as are most Canadians ive met.

[@paulholmes672]

Wow, excellent guest this week. ALF is from my active era, myself 1972-1993 in the USAF. Spent a couple of weeks at Cold Lake with the F-111D's in 1992, but that was after his posting. It was also refreshing on the discussion of avionics (my primary) and familiar systems, all pre GPS. i.e. INS, IFF (Mode IV), ILS and TACAN. Thanks for bringing back memories guys!!!

[@singhson1061]

What a great episode. Alf is such a great guest. Please keep bringing him back periodically. I used to be and still am a huge ALF fan, that show was amazing. Managed to catch this episode live for a while but had to log off close to the end.

[@georgecooksey8216]

Fantastic show. Thanks.

[@Raven-sv4es]

Great show, as always. Thanks to Alf taking the time and sharing his story.

[@TorToroPorco]

Fabulous video, loved hearing Dan’s stories and anecdotes especially as Mover pointed out Dan flew in the golden age of Cold War western air power. I whole heartedly support Gonky’s efforts to write his memoirs. Gonky is such a humble low key guy he underestimates and undersells his personal accomplishments and experiences. I would especially love to read about his professional and personal experience living and working in Malaysia as a contract IP.

[@realscience948]

Awesome stories…this guy has seen and done a lot! Flying in Canada is so different than the US…it is colder & sparse!

[@DeeEight]

Cadets in Canada is essentially military scouting. There's Air, Army and Sea Cadets. A friend of mine is an instructor pilot for the cadets as her RCAF Reserves duty. The ones who actually get pilot training start out in some rather pristine vintage gliders. They can eventually once old enough earn a private pilot ticket on a single-engine prop. Which then pays off dividends if they actually join the RCAF. The Canadair built CF-5A and CF-5D had a number of improvements that were later adopted by Northrop proper for production of their version. The nose-gear had a two-position extension. Compressed its just the standard length but extended before take-off it increases the angle of attack and reduced the take-off roll by about 20%. The J85-15s had 4,300 pounds thrust each with afterburner which was some 450 pounds more than the GE J85-5As used on the T-38 and F-5A/B Freedom Fighters. There was also an improved navigation system, and they built 50 swappable noses for the single seat CF-5 which turned them into CF-5(R), replacing the twin 20mm cannons with a quartet of 70mm cameras. Besides the 89 As and 46 Ds built for Canada there was a batch of 75 NF-5As and 30 NF-5Bs built for the Netherlands which were essentially identical spec to the CF ones. Canada was the first export customer for the Hornet and we bought a significant number of 2-seaters in the 138 aircraft order, and with all the updates and live extensions they're now avionics and sensors wise roughly the same as some of the Super Hornets. Ours never updated the engines though so they're still the F404-GE-400s so less thrust than the F404-GE-402s of the actual C/D construction batch. The spotlight was introduced by Canada actually, as was the false canopy painted under fuselage. The wikipedia for the CF-18 lists all the incremental changes and life extensions to the internals. The latest update changes the radar from the APG-73 to the -79 on 36 of the aircraft with the most remaining lifespan which will hopefully tie over the fleet until the initial batch of 16 CF-35A deliveries begin sometime in 2026 (4 aircraft and then 6 more each in 2027 and 2028). The CF-35s will have the drag-chute pod as well as the 'sidekick' rack system to allow 6 AMRAAMs internally instead of only 4 of normal F-35s but they're not adopting the refueling probe of the B/C variant as instead our new A330 MRTT variant will be delivered with a flying boom on the centerline and hose and drogue on the wing pylons.

[@GSteel-rh9iu]

Really enjoyed the episode with our neighbor to the North!

[@johnb7490]

Alf was very interesting. Great job guys as always.....where's my Luna? Take care guys.

[@DomTheHawKdaMiaN]

Excellent program

[@LILIAANVisser]

Awesome show, awesome guest, stories and jets!!!💥💥💥👍 Thanks guys

[@justinhaase8825]

A lot of perspective with the guest tonight. It would be late for a European guest, but would enjoy their insight. I know you two are fighter guys, but consider trying to bring on some cargo and tanker pilots. Maybe even some old school crew chief who has some chops about them who could tell us about the MX side of things. Congrats on year 2…I think the next step is engaging folks in the future by learning more about all the layers of MIL aviation that make it happen.

[@LittleJohnAB1]

Really enjoying the show, guys. Season 2 opens with another awesome guest, great stories. Gonky, if you think the Herc air drops were cool. You should look up the C130 preforming a LAPES drop.

[@mjpt57]

Great show with Alf. Here in Australia we have the Air Cadets. Back when I was in them they were called the "Air Training Corps" and run by the RAAF and staffed usually by retired air force guys, one of whom was a Spitfire pilot during WW2 (I'm still friends with his sons today). Our flight as our bit of the ATC was called, was near RAAF Base East Sale in Victoria. So, we had a few opportunities to visit the base and if we were lucky to go up for flights, usually in transport aircraft, one of which was the DC-3. The flight was, and is today, attached to the local aero club, so we had opportunities to go up for joy flights if we were rostered on to help wash aircraft, refuel them and generally help around the club. That side of things was good. Got to do some aerobatics in a Victa Air Tourer (its military equivalent was a CT/4 trainer). Don't know how I didn't throw up. Pilot said that was a good sign, pity about my eyesight, he said. Oh well, that's life, I guess. Of all the kids that I hung out with then, only 2 went on to be pilots, both in GA. Cadets, like any kid leaving school, had to compete to gain entry into the RAAF. I was knocked back due to crap eyesight, couldn't even get in as an enlisted type. And I have another book to read (still waiting on CW's continuing his series of books).

[@danmcw7443]

Thanks for the story. I visited Oz in 2002 - caught up with two of my buddies who transferred to the RAAF to fly Hornets. Loved it there and wish I could go back.

[@davereaville4927]

That was great! Really enjoy that episode!

[@donscheldrup]

Great stories Alf.. Thanks

[@danmcw7443]

Nice of you to stop by, former neighbour...

[@ro9967]

Another great episode gentlemen, thanks for all the laughs, serious subject, knowledge and MHM subjects. Alf was a great guest (like all your guests). Will be visiting Canada soon, hope to be able to say hi to him as apparently all Canadians know each other, so it appears to be a small country :-) Greeting from the tiny country of The Netherlands.

[@danmcw7443]

Wave when you come by. I won't use any of my Dutch words because they are all vulgar (one sounds like hopfredamma...) taught to me by my buddy our RNlAF exchange pilot Kees Frijters.

[@davidassfalg2620]

Popped a rivet or 2, LOL. Come help us maintainers pull panels..Great show guys..

[@danmcw7443]

It might have been a bit worse - but at least you had a jet to repair afterward! :)

[@Snakepit92]

Buying Alf's book right now. Great guest

[@Stubog72]

Great start to season 2! Would be great if you can get a RAAF pilot on the show. ALF was definitely a awesome guest!

[@danmcw7443]

I know two former RAAF pilots very well - if Mover and Gonky want, I could set that up.

[@jonathanwhistler9081]

Where's the silver cord on Gonky's hat. Looks like an enlisted cover... Always love the show.

[@richieismyhero]

Great show as always gents. Alf is a cool dude. Some awesome stories as Mike Tyson once said😂. Have been changing lots of famous quotes to as Mike Tyson once said😂😂

[@themoverandgonkyshow]

LOL!!

[@spqr7742]

This was epic!!!!

[@johnb7490]

Great MHM topic

[@codyw1258]

Commenting to help the algorithm

[@themoverandgonkyshow]

Nice!

[@timhenson4184]

The F/A16 was a gun pod mounted on the belly with the GAU-8 with four barrels

[@j0esmith]

It was the A-16 then the AF-16 and it was trialled with the modified GAU-8, but was found to have a problem with the gun knocking itself off centreline with sustained fire. It was brought up in the early 90s as a possible replacement for the a-10 and we can see how that turned out haha

[@theshawnmccown]

Gonky's perspective is dead on. This life is temporary, and bigger things are on the other side with Christ. And Mover's take was dead on for the short term. A bad moment doesn't have to turn into a bad life if we step back and see the whole picture. Life is full of new possibilities and new beginnings.

[@Iwoodlikethat]

Alf was an incredible guest! I also love that he knew stuff about the show, is he a fan or did he just do his homework?

[@danmcw7443]

I am actually a fan. I love Mover's books. They're like Tom Clancy, only written by someone who has actually been there and done that. It was an honour and a pleasure to appear on the show.

[@mikeF111]

Great show guys👍

[@theshawnmccown]

“Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble." - Matthew 6:34 "And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?" - Matthew 6:27

[@themoverandgonkyshow]

Amen!

[@MetaliCanuck]

I right away recognize who the guest is, good pick gents. The CF-18 will easily surpass 10gs with the paddle switch depending on circumstances etc...

[@DJones476]

Hey! It's you again! I hope you're having a kick-ass week so far!😎

[@mrsaskriders]

Need to do a Myth Buster episode to determine if the tanks blow on concrete 🤔 I'm sure the AF would be okay with that. 🤣

[@oliverlarsen6768]

As far as ffb sticks go the FFBeast is the king in terms of torque, plenty of videos. CommandT has some great ones.

[@Cwomack07]

Dang! you guys missed out on asking if he thought the F-15EX would be a good pickup for the CAF

[@danmcw7443]

LOL! Sorry, can't agree with that idea. They cost too much, and too much to operate. We can't afford to operate more than one type, so we had to go for the best available. Remember, Canada operates its modern fighters for 40 years or more...

[@Cwomack07]

@@danmcw7443 👀 uhhh 😬 what’s the F35 flight hour life span rated for currently? Could have sworn like 12,000 or less even. But I get the point of only having enough budget for one fighter platform

[@forzaelite1248]

​@@Cwomack07Rated for 8000 hrs like the Viper (?), demonstrated a potential 24k hrs in testing but I doubt anyone really wants to try their luck on beating in an airframe that much.

[@benvandermerwe4934]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🥃🇿🇦

[@DavidJohnson7738]

air cadets can get glider and private pilots license

[@Crunch104]

Canada & US = Allies forever bro!

[@superflyers148]

Mover and Gonky I need you to appropriately bully somebody. Ward Carrol (A backseater) was super offended an just did an entire video calling out Mark Kelly's supporters for accidentally calling him a fighter pilot when he really was just an attack pilot😂 You would think Mr Carrol was a fighter pilot with the resume of Maverick the way he speaks about Mark Kelly only being an attack pilot😂😂😂

[@themoverandgonkyshow]

I'm sorry who?? LOL!

[@superflyers148]

@@themoverandgonkyshow haha you have to at least mention it in next week's show lol! he did it to himself trying to Cyberbully a pilot for being in "A" pilot rather than a "F" pilot. It just blows my mind that a wso would make such a video!

[@tomwilson1006]

Time to do an episode “Deep Intel on Attack Pilots.”

[@superflyers148]

@@tomwilson1006 😆😆 you read my mind brother!

[@Nighthawk429]

The F--15 story getting pushed is becoming a running joke it seems. :)

[@wk7337]

No air tractor :/

[@Aokitadamitsu]

What do you call it when the Load Masters and Crew cheif throw a couple of thousand pounds of trash out of a plane?? Tuesday.