A-7 Corsair II action

[barba1963]

buen avion por dios

[mgwilliams1000]

Did not mean to talk down to you. I'm sorry for that. Guess I'm just thinking back to times of being with this great aircraft. Anyway, thanks for your reply.

[Knightflyer99]

You also have some VA147 Birds in this.....

[yoyoyoyoshua]

this plane looks hungry... all the time

[mgwilliams1000]

@yoyoyoyoshua Yes, and if you didn't keep wits your around you on the flight-deck, SHE would eat! I personally watched a young sailor go down the INTAKE one of these aircraft on the USS Kitty Hawk. At night. He survived believe it or not... His cranial helmet came off and went down the engine first..... FODDING the motor (we called it Foreign Object Damage).. it jammed the engine.

[yoyoyoyoshua]

@mgwilliams1000 ur talking about that A-6 incident right? if so thin I used to have that on tape, I later saw the interview, and was like damn.

[mgwilliams1000]

@yoyoyoyoshua No. And I saw that that video too. This happened about 1985, this was an A-7E. Trust me, I have 11 deployments overseas on carriers, over 30 years. I worked at least 8 years with the A-7, ashore and afloat. You had to be extra carefull working around her.

[yoyoyoyoshua]

@mgwilliams1000 ah ok. I know how carefull you have to be but, ok.

[mgwilliams1000]

@yoyoyoyoshua Yes, and if you didn't keep your wits around you on the flight-deck, SHE would eat! I personally watched a young sailor go down the INTAKE one of these aircraft on the USS Kitty Hawk. At night. He survived believe it or not... His cranial helmet came off and went down the engine first..... FODDING the motor (we called it Foreign Object Damage).. it jammed the engine.

[ChannelingusXIV]

always thought this was an interesting looking plane

[troncaltek]

VA-46 Clansmen, Cecil Field, Med cruise on the Ike in 88. AT2 in IWT. The A7 was proof that if you put big enough an engine on a brck it can fly. Got to play with Gaddafi way on back then when we went over his "line of death." He sent a couple of jets toward us, but once the Alert 5 Tomcats had them painted with the fire control radar, they didn't want to play any more and tucked their tail between their legs and went home.

[KO3MOHOT]

Gotta love the "SLUF" ! I was really bummed when they decided not to go into full production with the A-7F.

[CVAN687478]

Cecil Field

[shelldawv]

Was in AE5 in VA-192 Golden Dragons, USS Kitty Hawk CVAN 63, 1976-78.....

A-7E's 'Flight line T/Shooter'.......many cat shots...too many to even remember.....can still smell the flightdeck today...."Turnin' and Burnin".......

[CVAN687478]

@shelldawv Kitty Hawk was not a nuclear carrier CVA the CV, N was for nuclear.......

[NOTABOOS]

HORRIBLE MUSIC

[TJDOZIER1]

@NOTABOOS

You know what, your right.

I am going to have to pick some other crappy Youtube music.

[Tarten46]

Inside every split tail is a good A-7 driver.

[arthurleino]

VA-105 "Gunslingers" 1972-1975 USS Saratoga CVA-CV60

[matoy77]

Why bother with the stupid music. I want to hear that engine roar!

[CorsairKid1]

When I was a pilot in A-7's on the Kennedy, the engines would often come apart right after launch. Lost some good guys. The quick fix: run at mil power on the cat for 60 seconds. If it was still running, launch. We have the ICEMS (Int' Condition Engine Monitoring) system installed in the new engines; found a lube deficient bearing in the internals. Fixed it. All was well after that. I flew the B and the E on the Kennedy and Ike. Just a fine old bird, and she never let me down.

[JonMichael001]

@CorsairKid1 Thank you for your service. I was an ADJ aboard USS Independence in the early 70s. The A-7 was an impressive 'bird' (that replaced the A-4) and was a bit scarey to walk around while turning up. I dont recall a time when any of these engines ever came apart but by that time the 60 sec mil power procedure may have been in place.

[CVAN687478]

your welcome...

[CVAN687478]

VA 82 Marauders, VA86 Sidewinders, USS NIMITZ CVAN 68, 1975-1978

[trechan]

@CVAN687478 I second what TJDOZIER1 said

[mgwilliams1000]

@CVAN687478 Yes, the best! Over in Lemoore we had VA147 Argonauts (my squadron for 8 years) VA22 Red Cocks (YACBAR), 94 Mighty Shrikes and VA113 Stingers and more outfits... Sigh.... some are gone now (VA97 Warhawks with the Blue Wedge tail, last A-7 squadron on west coast who are now flying oldest F-18's) and now sent to be de--comissioned before getting F-18Es. Miss them all... Spent most of my 30 year career with these great squadrons.

[TJDOZIER1]

@mgwilliams1000

All of the arm chair critics on YT fade away when just one vet, says,

I was there, thats my crew, I miss those days, etc.

Makes it all worth while for me.

[mgwilliams1000]

@TJDOZIER1 Thank you for posting it. it makes many of us more.. how should I say... content, fullfilled, in harmony with our lives now. The aircraft were beautiful, and for each one there are 20 old Shipmates I remember so well. Of course, many of them too are long gone.

[THaulk]

@CVAN687478

Hey, I was on there in 1975 with VA-35 Black Panthers!!

[kp66pk1616]

Why did the US Navy have so many dedicated ground attack aircraft in service at once? They don't have any now!

[irondragsportster]

The F/A-18 now covers the role of both fighter and attack....It's done this way to reduce Defense costs.

Look up the F-35 JSF (Joint Strike Fighter). It will be flown by the USN, USMC, USAF and our Allies...All in an effort to keep Defense costs down!!!!

[levisnteeshirt]

it was a cool looking plane ,,, i remember there was one of them on the base at RTC Great Lakes when i was going to boot camp ,,,

[terminator363]

i orderd a A-7 CORSAIR II from my local hobby shop (its a plastic BUILDING model)

[cruiser2132]

Cool!Remember watching Corsair II's practice bomb the target sleds my cruiser towed on my first West-Pac. Miss seeing them...

[freiherrudet]

Would totally rather have a Corsair II to play with than an F-14.

[akihisa209]

Thank you!

[akihisa209]

Could you tell me the music using in this video and who is singing it ?

[devilseviltwin]

great video!!! this was my favorite plane when i was a kid. i liked your A-6 tribute too!!! keep up the good work

[undertake782]

Looks kind of like a fish.

[TJDOZIER1]

Smells kinda like a tuna too!

[Auggie56]

Thanks TJ.

[tasoscorsair]

TJ, you are GREAT!!!!!!!!!!

exelent video for that exelent plane!

thanks man!