A3 Skywarrior

Can't believe these are still flying!There almost as old as a B-52.They fly out of Van Nuys airport,CA.for a company called Raytheon testing electronics and radars for military aircraft.Look at the nose of the one landing at the end of the video.

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[kgast0303]

Over 100 Cats and Traps in the A3. VQ-1 with Ken Bob, Bill Miano, Tony Gole, Art Rowley.

[mike81egan]

My Great Uncle Tom Kilgarif was killed test flying the A3 @ edmunds AFB in 1957!

[flojogrande]

I was stationed in Rota Spain in the early 90's with VQ-2. We retired all the ones the Squadron had after the first gulf war. Our Airframers got to paint some neat shark teeth and a Bart (Simson) of Arabia in proper attire since we were in Jedah Saudi Arabia with a detachement of two during the first gulf war. They went to David Moffet. I reenlisted next to tail number 007. Still have the picture..The Squadron is no longer in Rota but somewhere in Washington State. My how things have changed.

[michael70224]

Thangs 4 the vido the sounds of those j-57s got goospimples on my armes. i was stationed at mather AFB in the 70s and A-3s from Alameda NAS came in on fridays and they taxied right by me i loved the differant markings they had. allthow the base had KC-135As with j-57s the look and sounds of those A-3s were awsome i hope u make another vidio soon.Mikey

[jpatt1000]

@canamwing What does watching a tragedy like that have anything to do with watching vintage planes at an airshow!?

[canamwing]

@jpatt1000 To bad you weren't standing infront of the Pentagon on 9/11. You would have gotten a great show!

[SgtGrant23]

awesome footage ive been looking for video of the a-3 while flying thanks for sharing

[skywarriorish]

Flew the A3 for 15 years starting in the 60"s. Loved that aircraft. It was a wonderful aircraft to bring aboard the carrier, it was so stable. Just had to pay attention to line up, attitude and careful not to exceed landing weight or you could rip out the arresting gear wires and hurt someone! Crew comradarie was exceptional exemplified by the Skywarrior Association that continues to this day.

[DiegoMenendez]

wow!

[rickern8or]

@occhild Don-- Good to hear from you . You have no idea how I miss those days.

Rick E. Detco.