VOUGHT - HAF A-7 Corsair II - Allison TF41 engine startup

[CaesarInVa]

Man, I hated working around those things on the flight deck. One has to be careful around jet intakes and exhausts, but one had to be especially careful where the A-7 was concerned. Even at a minimal throttle settings the exhaust would knock you down a good hundred feet or more from the tail pipe (one only need to be 50 feet or so away from the exhaust of most other birds to be safe moving around behind them) and the intake could suck you in even at minimal taxi speeds.

[psilkakos]

5*****

[kaaitj]

Whats that sound when you pull the throttle? is that a JSF?

[tasoscorsair]

if you look the videos title you will see that it isnt a JSF........

[kaaitj]

Sorry i meant JFS, Jet Fuel Starter. Didn't know i typed JSF instead of JFS

[Neminefir]

FYI, this is from an A7-H (Hellenic) and not from the A-7 Echo one, sadly decomissioned by now :(

Hence the starter reving up on starup, instead of the GPU just supplying air to the engine... thanks cipher ;) still flying low ;)

[tasoscorsair]

the Hotel was much better in startup than the Echo...

there wasnt any 1-2-3-4 at all :)

if we would only had upgrade them at early 90's.....

[Cipherios]

ox to video tou George... theos..

[elgrecoXI]

Ayta einai :-)

[tasoscorsair]

kala, zeis esy? pou xathikes?

[egella]

brilliant

[phantomphlyer337]

kanei tziz...

[tasoscorsair]

dystixws den exw prama apo -5 :(

[mpampis210isback]

Gamato

[flyinforfun550]

My dad used to fly those E-models you all have- he flew them in Gulf War 1 and then they were shipped over to you all. I'll have to show him and bring back the old memories. Hope you all have most of them still flying, I remember them very well.

And as an F-16 guy, I still love single-engine, smiling intake single seat jets :D

[DrMitsos]

JAMATO!!! VALE KIALO PRAMA!!!!

[flyinforfun550]

Great video! Nice to hear that TF-41 spooling up even today! :D

[tasoscorsair]

and for a few years more.... until the "flying computers" (aka F-16) will lreplace tha last -E models.... :(