Douglas A1-E Skyraider Tribute Flight
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- čas přidán 5. 02. 2019
- Douglas A1-E Skyraider Flight at Worcester Airport ( Collings Foundation Wings Of Freedom Tour ) September 22nd 2018 in Memory of my cousin SP4 Michael R Blanchette, ( US Army ), killed in Vietnam walking point ahead of his squad, he was 19 yrs old. Mike's slack man, PFC Timothy M Springer was killed three days later taking Mike's position as point man, he was 22 yrs old! I had the honor of flying seated in the co-pilot seat to honor both Mike and Timothy and all who served and for those who ( Gave All ) in Vietnam! Thank You for your Service!
Peter J Maybay
This is what my dad flew in SE Asia; based in Thailand, fought in Vietnam and gasp- the secret war- Laos. He was a jet fighter pilot prior to volunteering for this package; he LOVED it. He's still around at 93....and this airplane SAVED his life many times over with it's ruggedness. He got shot up alot because he provided close air support to troops and rescue missions for pilots shot down, providing cover for Jolly Greens. The 1st. SOS, at NKP.
God Bless your dad!!
POV video... no crappy music and just the sweet symphony of 18 cylinders singing out. Instant thumbs UP!!!
Fist time using the GoPro camera, angled my head a little lower and things improved! Happy to hear you enjoyed the flight!
What a sound!
Many thanks for this ride in the A-1, and really a very "cool" Pilot. Great show!
That was incredible On-Board footage Peter and great tribute, your pilot is also incredible he can fly anything. I Liked & Subscribed 👍😎 RIP and bless all the service men & women past & present 🙏Flying in this Skyraider is got to be very high on my flight list and thank you so much to the Collings Foundation for all that you do for allowing people to take part in flying in these historic aircraft 😎👍
Thank you so much, this is a fabulous aircraft! You made my day.Freedom flight. Thank all combat aviator's for your service. Thank you Pete m. Yes this is the real deal 😀
Thank you for sharing
That’s always been one of my favorite warbirds. Looks like a dream to fly. I would love to perform my O-2A Skymaster with that Skyraider.
I must be getting old.. The fellow piloting that big bird looked like just a kid. ;)
The kid can also fly B-17 bombers and more!
I will be adding my B-17 flight soon!
What do you think they were in WWII and even Viet Nam!
@@terrencejackson4587 Not ww2 but Korea and Vietnam a lot !
That's what I thought too - until I remembered that guys younger than him flew them in action.
Thanks Ed and I hope you can check out my B-17 flight experience back on Sept, 2012 in memory of the Pilot and Co-Pilot we lost in the crash last October.
I noticed the altimeter was showing 1000ft when you landed......Is that the height the airfield is above sea level??
there ya go.
Bogus, the A1E is a single seater, Navy designated AD6. The side by side version is Navy AD5.
What I thought were rain drops must be bubbles in the plexiglas.
I kept yelling, rotate the camera down during the whole video. Cool video but we couldn't see very much in the cockpit to get any kind of perspective. Love the sound of the Wright radial, sweet. Thanks for posting.
Sorry, my first time using the GoPro camera and I didn't have a smartphone back then, I did tilt my head later in my flight, I now own a smartphone!
Sorry, first time using that GoPro and did not have a smart phone at that time but I did bring my head down during the last 15 min....
Imagine sitting in this box full of bombs and being sent over a precision flak that is in Vietnam. This aircraft was already obsolete by the time of the Korean War. And then one clever US admiral remembered to put them in CVW 16. That slow box in the jet age? He sent his pilots to the slaughterhouse and lost an entire unit. 20 pilots dead and 9 wounded.
Two hundred american drivers skyraiders died in Vietnam may be more ! RIP
Thanks, check out my B-17 Flight also, Peter
Wish you could see the instruments
What is the pilot name?
Imagine how deadly this plane would have been in WW 2.
similar to a Hawker Typhoon but bigger
Spitfire 1:2 ? :)
That’s not an A1 it’s an A5 A1 not have side by side seating
Hummm ... I thought the Skyraider was a single seat fighter.
A1-E was a three crew version, this aircraft has 4 seats in back of aircraft, I was in co-pilot seat!
There were two versions. One had the bubble canopy and the other had side by side seats with 4 additional seats in the greenhouse behind the cockpit. Both were crewed by a single pilot. I flew HH-3 Jolly Greens in Vietnam and the A-1s were our escort.
The A-1 H is the single seater - I flew in the E model at Addison last Sep. As an Air Traffic Controller at NKP 50 years ago , we had both variations of probably my favorite aircraft from the Vietnam era
@@bencovington1121 Thank you for your Service Sir! Bravo Zulu!
Single seat or not, a Skraider was never considered "a fighter" What does "A" stand for? ATTACK!!
I am bothered by the fact that pilot spent a LOT of time looking down and port, at his watch, at the panel, and almost NO time eyes up and eyes front or anyplace else??? ( In Coeur d Alene, two floatplanes recently had an air-air head on that killed 8 people.
Hope you have 42 gallons of oil onboard LOL
Taxiing wastes so much fuel....
butyful wndrful
Got over 900 hours flying rightseat in EA1F's with VAW-13 back in 1966-67 off Yankee Station . Cant hear much at 400 cycles due to the AC generators LOL. Go to www.vaw-13.com ,my squadron web page . FAT SPADS FOREVER !!