Also known as the "One-O-Wonder." This one was from the school that trained Air Force test pilots, first organized in 1944 and still going. Home base was Edwards. This one is probably a photo target, not a bomb/gun target. The Canadians kept their F-101s in service a little longer than we did. There's also a photo-target B-58 bomber hulk out there somewhere.
@alanschwartz1157
Жыл бұрын
I saw a video showcasing old B-58 hulks. The wind was blowing during one of the scenes and the old girl was creaking and banging as inspection doors and panels moved in the wind. Sitting on barren landing gears with no wheels, or brake assemblies. Just sitting on bare ground on the axles baking in the sun. That is just sad that these magnificent machines were done that way they were. I've been fascinated by B-58's ever since I was a youngster. There was one sitting on static display at Chanute AFB that I wanted to get a closer look at but it was in the dead of an Illinois winter, and I was not going to risk the cold. Sex with 4 J79 afterburning engines. And the F-104.
@derekheuring2984
Жыл бұрын
The USAF stopped using the Voodoo as a front line interceptor in the early '70's. Canada kept theirs until 1984, well past the time they should have been retired. One blew up in 1973 over an airshow in Abbottsford B.C. when some turbine blades let go.
@scotttait2197
Жыл бұрын
This one was towed there in 1978 as a radar calibration mule , it was stripped by the airforce themselves, quite sad as it was historically significant as it was an engine testbed
@jeff9062
Жыл бұрын
@@scotttait2197Judging by the tail number it's pretty early right? Lowest number I seen was except for one other... Also still wearing the bare aluminum color.
@richardcline1337
Жыл бұрын
It never ceases to amaze that no matter how remote a site may be those anal born spray paint taggers still find it and screw it up with their infantile painting.
@ChrisBussells
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, that and the bullet holes.
@richardcline1337
Жыл бұрын
@@ChrisBussells, probably made by the same anal brained "hunters" that keep getting attacked by highway signs.
@HotDawgzzzzz
Жыл бұрын
Couldn't said it better myself .
@ronaldtreitner1460
Жыл бұрын
sends first guy to moon, guy finds moon rocks painted.....
@uberkloden
Жыл бұрын
What about the trash the USA leaves around the globe, military hardware, AGENT ORANGE, crashed planes, spent uranium shells, radioactive ships, irradiated islands, etc.
@november151956
Жыл бұрын
Ever wonder why these vandals don't graffiti up stuff they own, like their house and car for example.
@jimmyrivano3477
Жыл бұрын
I've been in some homes that do have Graffiti on walls and items they own, it's a lifestyle just like a tatted face. I just shake my head and get the job done.
@Hjerte_Verke
Жыл бұрын
Some anti-graffiti types should go tag up their houses!
@TheSilmarillian
Жыл бұрын
Graffiti always reminds me of a dog peeing on something to mark its territory there are distinct parallels between the to personality types ,but I digress I do that
@uberkloden
Жыл бұрын
I’m against the graffiti, yes, but air force blows up there crashed planes, like B-36 in Canada, and leave their trash.
@JordonBeal
Жыл бұрын
You really upset about some graffiti on an abandoned hunk of rusting metal? Your life must rock for stuff like that to be what you worry about.
@jbgood7694
Жыл бұрын
That’s a nice find in the desert and a cool video. Good job in describing the F - 101. I am an aircraft mechanic and airplane enthusiast myself. I work up near Ridgecraft on military aircraft. If you are interested in aviation you’d make a great mechanic or pilot.
@u2mister17
Жыл бұрын
Watched her perform back in the early '60's. Thanks for the reminder.
@raynus1160
Жыл бұрын
Very cool video. Numerous Voodoos are on display up here in Canada & it's a fascinating tour of cold war technology whenever one gets to crawl around them.
@jayabramson6702
Жыл бұрын
One of my favorite all-time jets. I grew up building models of the F101, B58 & the P61 Black Widow (Dad’s aircraft from WW2)
@davidduganne5939
Жыл бұрын
The 101, Hustler, and B-52s are easy to find on Google maps. They are all fairly close to each other on the south end of Rogers Dry Lake. ("Edwards AFB") China Lake Naval Air Station had a bunch of neat planes sitting out in the desert, all on base/Weapons Center property.
@waynemanning3262
Жыл бұрын
Watched the Voodoo fly in the 70s and 80s at many air shows as a kid, still my favorite jet interceptor!
@MrSychnant
Жыл бұрын
What goes on in the heads of those people who need to destroy things like this? same in deserted houses etc.. They mustn't have had enough toys to play with when they were kids maybe.. Great video unbelievable amount of wiring..!!
@ralfie8801
Жыл бұрын
They didn’t have a good daddy at home to beat their asses and tell them no every time they screwed up.
@lojainashrof
4 ай бұрын
very awesome video I wish you could do more video like this , it is very helpful for the students to see the structure of this jet . thank you so much and I appreciated your effort.
@phayzyre1052
Жыл бұрын
That aerospace research emblem on the tail means it was a test aircraft. A lot of early versions of aircraft like that were used as test subjects. My grandfather worked on Republic F-105 Thunderchiefs and a lot of the early production versions of that aircraft were later used as test beds for updated weapons, avionics, etc.
@deepbludude4697
Жыл бұрын
My pops flew that bird in the early 60s was scrambled down to Homestead during the Bay of Pigs, He said it was a fun bird to fly fast. a few years latter he transitioned to a old prop bird the A1E which he absolutely loved flying.
@williamhudson4938
Жыл бұрын
As you walked down the backbone leaving the cockpit, you were over the fuselage fuel cells, including the one with ice in it.
@wmason1961
Жыл бұрын
In 1986 I was stationed at RAF Woodbridge England. An F101 arrived in 5 or 6 crates we spent the next month assembling it for use as a static display at the front gate. It could still be there. I hope it is.
@foxstrangler
Жыл бұрын
If it was, we would have nabbed it for the museum at RAF Bentwaters. There were 2 F-101Bs used for BDR. They are both at the Midland Air Museum in Coventry, England. We would love an intact F-101A or C for the museum, but shipping from the USA is prohibitively expensive. I remember seeing them fly, based in the UK between 1957 and 1965. only a dozen of the fighter/bomber variant left. It never went on the gate for display. There were no 'planes on sticks' at those bases.
@wmason1961
Жыл бұрын
@@foxstrangler I don't know what happened to it. But I assembled it on RAF Woodbridge in about 1986.
@muzikizfun
Жыл бұрын
Part of the "faster the better" century series.
@billwelter4101
Жыл бұрын
Didnt know the entire tailplane moved, must have had a lot of elevator authority! Very cool thanks!
@ILSRWY4
Жыл бұрын
All supersonic jets have stabilators or all moving tails called flying tails. Piper Cherokees even have them and they are not supersonic planes. The idea for supersonic planes having them was developed on the Bell X1 to overcome compressibility. And then adapted to later models of the F-86.
@HotelPapa100
Жыл бұрын
@@ILSRWY4 Center of pressure jumps back to 50% chord when going supersonic (it's around 25% subsonic). So supersonic flying requires a lot of elevator authority.
@gren509
Жыл бұрын
Shot down by Red-Necks over Arkansas - the first time they'd seen a big shiny bird !!
@patchmack4469
Жыл бұрын
its always pretty cool to get up close and personal with aircraft in what ever condition is presented, i have worked on aircraft myself and never ceases to amaze me the work that goes into building such craft, someone sat down and designed all this stuff, and others assembled the expensive materials into a once mighty machine just for a few jockeys to whizz around the skies in order to protect our way of life its always sad to see something littering the countryside, abandoned like this where it is at some degree of peril, by weather and scavengers, you wonder at its past and its future, its worth nothing now to anyone, it might still pose some use for radar targeting by modern aviators, but someday in the future some mad idiot just might come along and try make a last attempt to gain a few dollars from her scrap metal, the value might be nearly equal to its recovery, it is a sad end but still madly an attraction to visit such places
@zidonia7
Жыл бұрын
This one needs love and restored
@NaomisAdventures
Жыл бұрын
Pretty cool to see the old fighter
@AmbientMusicStudio
Жыл бұрын
I grew up very close the CFB Comox on Vancouver Island BC Canada. In the 70s it was common to hear the Voodoo interceptors scrambling at all hours of the night and day. Sometimes practicing and other times who know? The afterburners were LOUD!
@joedavies1842
Жыл бұрын
Great video as always... Joe, Liverpool UK
@johnwright7895
Жыл бұрын
John new brighton uk.😀
@zigman8550
Жыл бұрын
My uncle flew F-101's in the early 60's at Wurtsmith AFB (SAC) in northern Michigan right on the shores of Lake Huron.
@kahmed7328
Жыл бұрын
Amazing the amount of wires in that thing.
@tomsherwood4650
Жыл бұрын
Canadians and even some national guard were still flying these when I was in. I wonder why some metal salvage co. with a flatbed has not been out in the desert to get that big free aluminum resource hauled off to the smelter. Might as well at this point.
@dukeford
7 ай бұрын
Probably because the plane is sitting on Edwards Air Force Base property.
@thetinoshow6719
Жыл бұрын
Cool vid! I always thought the F-101 was a cool bird, and way ahead of it's time.
@Biglukedozerlife70
Жыл бұрын
Thanks great blog as usual 👏
@DEVanderbiltCecil
Ай бұрын
Thank you.
@monostripezebras
Жыл бұрын
cool to see such rare aircraft just beeing out there.
@charlesshaft639
Жыл бұрын
It's one of the century series of aircraft most were lost in Vietnam as reconnaissance birds , they were very fast aircraft set up with cameras 📸 and flashes 💥 to take high speed photos! The F-101 voodoo , the F-100 super Sabre, F-102 delta dagger, F-104 star ✨ fighter , F-105 thunder ⛈️ chief , the century series of aircraft were some bad ass planes at the time!
@waterboxer87
Жыл бұрын
The sleek, elegant, speedy F-101 Voodoo, state of the art for a time in its day; now a shot-up, vandalized relic. It still retains its sleek lines. I wish a paint can would explode in a graffiti vandal's hands.
@mfournier8033
Жыл бұрын
We have a 101 on an inflight display at the aviation museum in Edmonton,Alberta, Canada along with many Cold War aircraft.
@lancelehman1105
Жыл бұрын
The F-101 was a very good airplane. Sad to see how this one has been treated.
@patrol4x4x4
Жыл бұрын
So much wiring, if that was here in South Africa it would all be gone🙈. Thanks for sharing
@alex_5623
Жыл бұрын
get a truck, bring a couple of your buddies and some plasma cutters and then you have a really cool flight sim cockpit with a little bit of work.
@Tom65478
Жыл бұрын
Beautiful aircraft.
@Steven-p4j
Жыл бұрын
They were an excellent aircraft of McDonald Douglas, which eventually became the Phantom with a lot of further development. The Canadian Air Force continued to use them for a long time after they had been replaced elsewhere. The radar operation was left to the rear seat Wiso. Still a shame about the far superior AVRO Canada fighter which I believe this replaced?
@roguewarr4662
Жыл бұрын
That plane looks like it would be a electrical nightmare to find a shorted wire . I think that plane is sitting out there for target practice ,one way or another . First flight of the F-101 was on Sept 29 1954 at Edwards AFB . Surprised no one has striped it for the huge amounts of copper wiring .
@GravelordNairo
Жыл бұрын
If only someone could put it back on wheel, repair it, and put it in a museum, such a shame that it's rusting here... (Or maybe make it fly again... 🙂, I know it would be more than a lot of work, and a lot of money, but it's such a beautiful machine)
@bret9741
Жыл бұрын
It’s sad that people feel they must destroy things rather than look and and enjoy for what it is.
@chrishuffman6734
3 ай бұрын
I’d like to have some of that wiring. It’d be cool to build a scale model of the Voodoo and use some of the fine copper wiring on that aircraft to scratch build the wiring on the model.
@johnlazlo1908
Жыл бұрын
Nice video. Ilive in Connecticut Pratt n Whittney I live 20 mins away..
@teedub00
Жыл бұрын
You're young, but we older folk are more cautious about safety. Climbing on anything could result in a fall. Were you alone? If so, that could be a big deal. Great video.
@paisliesplace3921
Жыл бұрын
Awesome find!!! Too bad it is all tagged up! I am curious why it is just sitting there in the middle of no where.
@williamwilliam728
Жыл бұрын
In Canada we called the CF-101 Voodoo the widow maker. Instead of it being used as a high-altitude bomber, whence the short stubby wings, our airforce decided to use it as a low-level bomber. The inability to maneuver with those stubby wings, at high speed close to the ground, were the reason it became known as the widow maker.
@raynus1160
Жыл бұрын
You're confusing the Voodoo with the Starfighter. Canada's Voodoos were never used for anything other than interceptors (save one as an ECM platform). The CF-104's fulfilled Canada's nuclear strike, ground attack, and RCCE NATO obligations in Europe. Those short stubby wings actually made the Starfighter an excellent low-level attack platform - high wing loading made for a rock-solid supersonic delivery platform & one that could still manage to pull a 7G turn (clean) with slats & flap. Canadians didn't coin the term 'Widowmaker' - the West German press did, after Luftwaffe pilots incurred a higher than average accident rate with the type.
@brendanukveteran2360
Жыл бұрын
Lovely collection 0f impact holes - graffiti is optional given it was used as a ground target for radar calibration. Pity given it was the 5th production a/c.
@williamfitzgearld742
Жыл бұрын
My late father in law flew the RF-101 which was the recon. version in Viet Nam. No guns, nothing but a camera in the nose 500 knots at tree top level....brave men flew these planes...
@GRosa250
Жыл бұрын
It’s very annoying that there’s graffiti on the side of it. Animals will be animals
@orlandonostagiafever1964
Жыл бұрын
That F101 looks like the one that had cameras in the nose.
@av8tore71
Жыл бұрын
Look at the DATA plate on the tail and you can research the serial number on it for the history of this specific aircraft
@TheSilmarillian
Жыл бұрын
Shame about the graffiti always reminds me of a dog peeing on something to mark its territory, there are distinct parallels between the two personality types ,but I digress I do that.@10.04 what a telling shot, that is of the rails that the seat slid down on , they are also the rails that the seat travels up like a rocket sled on rails as the saying goes
@kuhltwo1
Жыл бұрын
The "spine" are probably the fuel tanks. Those birds were VERY thirsty. Also launched a weapon out of the tail.
@raynus1160
Жыл бұрын
Correct on the fuel tanks - they ran from just aft of the cockpit's aft avionics bay to the leading edge base of the vertical stab. The Voodoo didn't have tail-fired armament - it had a rotary weapons bay below the cockpit for A2A missiles and rockets (Falcons and Genies, respectively). The A-5 Vigilante had a rearward-ejecting weapons system between the engines.
@kittyhawk9707
Жыл бұрын
Cool plane.. yeah people are scumbags ..We had a factory Humbrol (Airfix) with an original Hawker Hunter as a showpiece at the front of the factory ... The factory closed leaving the Hunter to the likes of the scum who like to vandalize and tag them ..the plane got wrecked (it was TOTALLY intact before the factory closed and in spotless condition ) ..luckily it was saved before it got totally written off .. and has now been restored ..
@roberthensley8653
Жыл бұрын
Once looked pretty cool.......now just sad.
@stevencurrie1540
Жыл бұрын
Warbirds are awesome
@dannork1240
5 ай бұрын
We’re gonna first set foot on Mars and there’s already gonna be Graffiti on everything when we get there
@erbenton07
Жыл бұрын
My Dad used to fly the F-101
@brucephilipson
Жыл бұрын
That is so cool.
@hearsejr
Жыл бұрын
It's a crying shame that some idiots shot it up and vandalized it so badly. It would take a huge effort to restor it right now. I can imagine how it would have been a worth while project a few years ago. Maybe would have been a great muse piece as static display.
@tuxrunner
Жыл бұрын
Great
@georgescott249
Жыл бұрын
why is everything broken in so many pieces and bullet holes
@rosewhite---
Жыл бұрын
$1 a rivet is why the planes cost so much?
@stephendoing2253
Жыл бұрын
How did it get out there?
@kentbuchanan9731
Жыл бұрын
My father was a "Voo Doo Medicine Man. I have his original patch.
@WinVisten
Жыл бұрын
This is one of my favorite planes. Depressing to see one in such horrible shape, but I'm astonished that graffiti artists managed to find it.
@robertboykin1828
Жыл бұрын
I saw one like that @ Bitburg A B Germany. L G collasped on landing. Starbord wing into ground sending a shower of dirt into air. Pilot retracted other gears and slid on ground the rest of the way. I wen't to inspect the aircraft later, but the air police said GET LOST. I did as instructed. It was a voodo.
@bobwilson758
Жыл бұрын
Ancient history now - How did she get there ? Ya know ?
@thelowmein9143
Жыл бұрын
how did it get out there? Why was it abandoned instead of being taken to a aircraft disposal facility?
@apocyldoomer
Жыл бұрын
So, just how did this Voodoo wind up in the middle of the Mojave Desert? Have you ever run into the Mojave Green snake the military warned us about when i was stationed @ Old George AFB, Victorville, Ca. I never have tooling around in the Mojave. Interesting video, you know a lot about these things!
@Steven-p4j
Жыл бұрын
Exposed wiring gets me hot men.
@mikefm4
Жыл бұрын
What a cool find. The 101 is an amazing jet. Thanks for showing us around this one. And a special thanks for the inbreds who had to shoot and spray paint it up. 🙄
@retired_mex
Жыл бұрын
Why is it there?
@solidlift
Жыл бұрын
It was moved there as a photo recon calibration target
@privatepilot4064
Жыл бұрын
I wonder if there’s any history on the airframe? Or why it’s out there?
@EireHammer
2 ай бұрын
This dude playing Minecraft IRL!
@wayneschenk5512
Жыл бұрын
If only we knew who flew it.
@stevennagley3407
Жыл бұрын
Look up the tail number
@tonymoloney3223
Жыл бұрын
What I don't understand is why these planes are just dumped??? There's wire which is copper the fuselage is no doubt aluminium! So why aren't they recycled such a waste of materials
@horatio1962
Жыл бұрын
According to Joe Idoni, this plane was used as a bank test for different engines used later by other F-101, being redesignated as JF-101A. In 1979 it was towed to the Precision Impact Range Area (PIRA) , in the middle of the Mojave Desert and near the base of Edwards AFB (California), to be used as a target for radar calibration, not very far from the bombers we saw here last year. It has been there ever since:
@kearnsey64
Жыл бұрын
1006 MPH, retired in 1986 so never saw much of the Vietnam war. 807 produced. Cool vid!
@socaljarhead7670
Жыл бұрын
RF-101Cs flew thousands of missions over North Vietnam. Many were lost. It excelled as a low level photo ship.
@splash2815
Жыл бұрын
Pretty cool. I grew up around these planes. My father flew the RF101. In Texas, Japan and the Vietnam war. RF = reconnaissance fighter. No guns, bombs or missiles. Just cameras and fuel. Also single seat. Most of the interceptor models were 2 seat (except for the "A" models).
@JG-mp5nb
Жыл бұрын
You can see the lines of the then future F-4 Phantom in this F-101. This is the fifth F-101 to come of the production line. It was used for testing later engine variants for the 101 series. It arrived here in 1979 as a radar calibration target-not for bombing or strafing.
@enterBJ40
Жыл бұрын
Noticed that too.
@bmeuman1833
Жыл бұрын
Alone, Unarmed, and Unafraid.
@highwaystar8310
Жыл бұрын
Its a shame you can’t leave anything unattended with out lowlife POS stealing, vandalizing and destroying it. Hopefully karma catches up to them…
@jeffkolln5291
Жыл бұрын
F-101A 53-2422 served as a test aircraft most of its life time. Was also attached at one time to the Astronaut Training School at Edwards. Mike Collins once flew it. It was sent out to the range, but no word on how it got to this location.
@MrApmech
Жыл бұрын
Wow! I have pictures of my daughter and wife at this very site . It was only 10 years ago and there was no graffiti and the plane was pretty much intact. I’m pretty sure an Apollo astronaut flew this aircraft.
@ILSRWY4
Жыл бұрын
because 10 years ago it wasn't scene on social media.. as soon as more and more videos of it showed up on social media, the hunters, pickers and vandals swarmed in on it.
@dukeford
7 ай бұрын
I dug out the color slides that I took of this airplane over 40 years ago. Aside from the graffiti and a few more holes, it's in the same general condition now that it was in 1982. It certainly wasn't "pretty much intact" even then.
@adriaanboogaard8571
Жыл бұрын
Cool stuff. Just a tip . I had a buddy that found out the hard way. He was just out Jack rabbit hunting years ago at a place like that and didn't see the signs that had been blown or kicked down . He was stopped by people from that particular military area and taken back to base . He got off with a lot of questions but was told Don t come back. Always do your homework first. I figure you did .The other part is you could find out the bad way that it's a live amo target rang. Cool video
@adamchurvis1
Жыл бұрын
2:48 Folks, those empty metal straps are what were called "Marman Clamps." Now hold onto your ass, because this is all true. These were invented by Zeppo Marx of Marx Brothers fame. Marman was a portmanteau of Marx and Manufacturing because "Marx" would not be very popular as a brand name for general public acceptance back then. There's more, so read on... Much larger versions of these Marman Clamps were used to hold both the Fat Man and Little Boy atomic bombs in the Enola Gay and Bockscar B-29 weapons bays when they were dropped on Japan. Marman Clamps did the actual "dropping" bit. Zeppo was married to showgirl Barbara Marx (née Blakeley), who divorced Zeppo in 1973 to go on to marry Frank Sinatra, to whom she was married until his death in 1998.
@douglasalan5783
Жыл бұрын
Cool video! What a relic of the Cold War. I wonder how this airplane ended up in this location. Sad to see it in such terrible condition.
@DavidB-rx3km
Жыл бұрын
According to Joe Idoni, this plane was used as a bank test for different engines used later by other F-101, being redesignated as JF-101A. In 1979 it was towed to the Precision Impact Range Area (PIRA) , in the middle of the Mojave Desert and near the base of Edwards AFB (California), to be used as a target for radar calibration, not very far from the bombers we saw here last year. It has been there ever since:
@douglasalan5783
Жыл бұрын
@@DavidB-rx3km Very interesting. Thank you!
@vertisjohnson219
Жыл бұрын
Air Force of today doesn't respect its history.
@SueGirling68
Жыл бұрын
Hi Jerith, a pretty cool look at this old fighter jet just sat out in the desert. You never said how it got there and why it was left ???. Thank you for sharing, much love. xx 💞
@guyh9992
Жыл бұрын
Like the B-58 mentioned it was put there for photo reconnaissance training.
@jcjc1093
Жыл бұрын
Was VOODOO MEDICINE MAN crew chief on RF-101c in Vietnam. Still have my patch
@Steven-p4j
Жыл бұрын
The fact that it had an early radar, which was capable of being upgraded was its strength that the Canadians enjoyed. I'm Australian but they are my brothers. The rudder emblem indicates it as a test aircraft for the test pilot program in the old Muroc field. Now called Edwards AFB. Those guys were dropping from the twig on a monthly basis, sometimes more, sometimes less. Brave, foolhardy professionals.
@charity3998
Жыл бұрын
Great job describing this and sharing with us. Cool video
@bccradventures84
Жыл бұрын
Curious why scrapper meth heads havnt stripped and hauled it away??
@MrShobar
Жыл бұрын
Well ventilated by bullet holes. The "0" preceeding the tail number means that this aircraft was more than ten years old when still in service. The insignia is from the test pilot school at Edwards AFB.
@williamhudson4938
Жыл бұрын
You are correct, MrShobar. The "0" for each decade of service was discontinued years ago, but I wish they still did it. The BUFF I crewed would have 6 zeros prior to the tail number.
@davidmiller4594
Жыл бұрын
I would definitely cut and take the insignia off the port side wing. Such a shame thinking a bunch of kids are most likely jumping all over it. I'd frame that thing so it lasts generations
@apocyldoomer
Жыл бұрын
We practiced maintenance on a F-101 Voodoo when I was in the USAF @ Tech school in 1983, it was retired and used for training purposes, awesome looking aircraft, awesome name, a RF-101 Voodoo flew close to the ground over Cuba taking surveillance photos during the Cuban Missile Crisis , so close that Cubans playing soccer could see the pilot and Vice Versa waving at each other, haha!
@senior_ranger
Жыл бұрын
Wichita Falls, TX??
@apocyldoomer
Жыл бұрын
@@senior_ranger Yes, Sheppard AFB, Wichita Falls, TX. It’s a dump.
@senior_ranger
Жыл бұрын
@@apocyldoomer I was a tech instructor there 1965-66. I liked the place. Still friends with a woman I met in those days.
@apocyldoomer
Жыл бұрын
@@senior_ranger Wow, I was only 2 years old in 1966, that’s cool, thanks for replying!
@indridcold8433
Жыл бұрын
Fun Fact: The F-101 fighter had wings that were too short. This gave it a high stall speed. Thus, the pilots came in for a landing at high speeds causing more accidents than usual.
@kaykiekid
Жыл бұрын
Wow! Standing on the back of that aircraft and looking forward. I imagine that at one time, this jet fighter flying high, 35 to 40,000 feet up there. It's incredible that it is just sitting there in the desert alone all these years. 😕
@HM2SGT
Жыл бұрын
You can see the design philosophies that share a lineage with the Thud. Always did love me the F105 Thunderchief!
@shadovanish7435
Жыл бұрын
Seeing this jet aircraft in its partly disassembled state reveals some of the amount of the engineering & complexity hidden beneath the exterior of these type aircraft. Any part or structural detail on the aircraft represents many hours of engineering & design work, & the aircraft has hundreds of part assemblies & thousands of part sub assemblies. This aircraft was built using state of the art technology of the 1950's, & later military jet aircraft became even more advanced & complex.
@dougsmith417
Жыл бұрын
Pretty cool, dude. There's no planes hanging out in our deserts in New Mexico for some reason. I really liked that last shot from the rear, looking toward the cockpit and showing the shape of the wings from above. Keep trekking, bud.
@dukeford
8 ай бұрын
There are, on WSMR. The planes in these videos are on Edwards AFB.
@MikeOrkid
Жыл бұрын
Super rad stuff. Thanks for sharing this rare piece of history.
@bebeandjohnnotsonomadiclif5287
Жыл бұрын
Surprised the Tweekers have not striped that yet....
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