The best skyraider scene is in flight of the intruder - “ Do it Sandy , do it now - I’d do it for you”😢

Thank you for the so experienced guest! A-1 SkyRaider is impressive bird! The story from Vietnam is very precious!

Got to love the Skyraider! 🥰😍😎

I could listen for hours to the stories from these old war vets. The first time I became aware of the Skyraider was the movie "Flight of the Intruder". Even then I could see how this was the influence to the A-10.

Thank you, good memories for me reflecting on my father (Navy, A1 pilot) who served at the same time as George and went to Hughes at the same time, I am sure they rubbed elbows one time or two...but there is something about Skyraiders that is so true with George, When they say, "Let me tell you something", I knew the next hour or two of my life was listening to my father, and now George...good memories listening to George, and thank you for doing this interview.

Great interview. The Skyraider is still one of my favourite warbird aircraft to this day.

My dad served aboard a carrier in the 1960s, Aviation Boatswain's Mate working catapults and arresting gear. He told me at night in the pitch dark he would watch Skyraiders coming in to land and he could see the blue glow from the exhaust ring as they approached.

Man, it seems wild that the Air Force moved someone so incredibly over qualified to fly a prop driven tail dragger. Then you listen to how complex (not that I thought it was easy to begin with) the mission was and you realize it required the absolute best of us to do. It's humbling.

Having flown T28s at VT2 and seen a couple of S. Vietnam pilots torque roll in, when I flew the Skyraider I was always very aware of the torque..right rudder would keep you out of trouble...interestingly enough, when flying A4s you could almost keep your feet on the floor and for normal flight rudder was not a big deal....in the Skyraider or the Trojan coming into a place that did not see recips a lot, we use to press the primer to scare hell out of the line boys

Fantastic episode. So much so I've bought the book. Cheating Death: Combat Rescues in Vietnam and Laos. And also looked up the Yankee escape system on KZfaq 👍

Thank you for another great podcast! Doing a bit of research online of Mr Marrett. Some pictures of George Marrett and his A-1J 063 “The Hasler” and “Sock It To Em” A-1J 029 along with others. Here is some additional links to A-1 site. Lots of great info :) Mr Marrett, if you read this, thank you! Thank you for a life time of service, a life time of excellence. I have several thousand hours flying at an airline. When I first started flying in the Delta connection system, I’d say about 50% of the captains I flew with were Vietnam vets. We had quite a verity of pilots that flew everything from A-1’s to B-52’s. I’ve come to believe the “greatest generation title also includes the Vietnam warriors. One man that stands out in my immediate memory was Colonel Pat Sheldon. He flew 285 combat missions. He was absolutely wonderful to fly with. Always confident, competent, competitive and yet very kind and humble. He taught me a lesson on how to accept impending death, he was always teaching by example. I had just lost my medial and was feeling sorry for myself when I was told Pat had retired due to a medical issue. I called him and said, Pat, I know you were having neck problems… he had ejected twice during the war and broken his neck in one of those ejections. Anyway he said, no Bret I have a rare form of ALS. I said, ok, what does that mean? He said I’m going to die in fairly short order. He then went on to comfort me as he explained how he was at peace and grateful for the life he was given. Well… I ramble on far too much. www.google.com/amp/s/www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/springfield-va/patrick-skeldon-6097220

Awesome episode as always. I was wondering, given the talk about the escape systems, if you might do an episode talking to and about some of the people who have used them in the past. It would be a nice companion to the more technical talk on ejection seats you did early on and be able to include other systems and events other than fast jet ejection such as ground egress from heavies and choppers. Thank you for all the wonderful content

My father, Capt. Paul S. Hungerford Jr, flew with the 602nd out of Ben Hoa in 1965. Dad always said the A1-E was his favorite propeller driven aircraft, next to the F-51, that he ever flew. I live in Las Vegas and would love to hear from/be involved with anyone from the 602nd.

First off, happy birthday Vincent! If I can add to this podcast, I believe that all the A-1's used by the USAF were taken out of moth balls and were previously Navy aircraft. Also I think I remember correctly that the A-1 was known to be able to carry more ordinance than a B-17. Also, please if you haven't already, check out the best magazine in existence. Its called Warbird Digest. Expensive but some of the best reading available.

SO EXCITED TO HEAR THIS!!!! Thanks !!

Love this piece. I will tell you that I'm perplexed by the Skyraider painting: one of the blades on the A-1 prop......it seems to be detached from the hub!

Oh man if those are on VHS tape they can be digitized and uploaded to youtube. It would be amazing to see

How in the hell did I miss this episode lol. Crazy cool. Cant wait for the century series!

Yasssssss! I grew up with my dad telling me about this plane and Bernie Fisher. He was in Nam' 68-69 (USAF), 72 and 72-73 (USN).

hi sirs! super enjoyed this one, and yes on the oops moment on the F-16 😂 as for the Yankee seat, my dad flew the AT-28D Trojan briefly before they transitioned to the OV-10A Bronco during his Philippine Air Force days, and the AT-28D is equipped with the Yankee seat P.S. super pleased to hear the story of sir George (his experience as a pilot makes junior flyboys like me picking up our jaws on the floor), and my eyes widened when he said that Sock it To’em was his airplane... I have a 1/48 scale model kit from Tamiya here that features his airplane’s markings... now I have a renewed interest in building it after knowing his personal accounts

Sandy was Heaven sent... I can't even imagine how a downed pilot felt when he heard 'Sandy' covering his '6'... You can keep the 'Juicy Fruit' though...👌

Planes of Fame in Chino has an airworthy AD-4N that they will occasionally fly. It is an imposing & impressive machine in person for sure!

Chuck Yeager was the commandant of his school. How Awesome.

Great episode. I saw one of these at the Houston air show. Hope you do a tribute to b17 and the other aircraft that collided

Loved it, keep it up Jell-O!👌👍

YESSSS! I was wondering if there would be an episode of this plane!

Did learn much about the A1 but his stories where really good.

9:20 - the intake doors were used only on the first batches of MiG-29, on the later models that system was abandoned.

Excellent!

Honestly, who gives this a thumbs down? Weirdoes. I cant get enough!

Big fan. This is the best Ep. Go Spads

Everyone should check out Jocko Podcast 180. He interviews a SF soldier from MACV SOG during Vietnam, and he talks about skyraiders a bunch.

I got a chance to talk to an old F-86 pilot and he was telling me about the A-1 getting a mig kill, then he told me he knows the man because he lives in Canton GA (about 20 minutes south of me) so its been a bucket list task to talk to the sandy driver.

The Great Planes/ Wings episode on the A-1 Skyraider can be seen on my KZfaq channel.

If I was a bad guy that would've been the scariest thing seeing that thing coming right for me!

We need to have somebody invest in making low budget movies of these guys in the various aircraft in Vietnam. A streaming service could pick it up. I think there would be a lot of interest. Every single survivor of these missions is a “Top Gun” in my book.

Funny that they have a pic of a Navy A-1, not a Sandy, considering he was in the Air Force. No biggie though, great interview.

It's probably been posted but notable reference Little Dieter Needs to Fly and Rescue Dawn

I'm guessing the wing thing must be command specific. I was an AF enlisted maintainer (air frame mech), and we had a vice group commander that was an O6 colonel, and he had both his AF wings and gold naval aviator wings on his dress blues in his official pic... thanks for all the stories and content sir!

Chair squeaking killing me....I could only imagine he is sitting in one of those US Government issue gray steel green pleather cushion rocking back and forth.

41:40 Those would be fantastic to have digitized and uploaded!

lol, the chair. otherwise great job as always guys!

Loved the show, but I'm really waiting for Flankers.

The A-1E and -H can be flown in history inspired missions on Janes Fighters Anthology with the usnraptor playset installed. Google search 'usnraptor' for my website and free playset & campaign set.

Models of the T-28 used the Yankee extraction system. (1:20.00)

Happy birthday. 50 down, 50 to go🎂🍰🧁

Sandy!

Paso Robles, CA.

08:40 - Actually, the F-16’s nose wheel is located behind the air intake...

Happy Birthday Jello! (50 ain't as bad as 60 :) )

With regard to the toilet, the carrier CO had no idea it was on the aircraft until it left the ship. The deck crew stood in a way that they blocked the view, until the last minute. I think they actually did drop it. theaviationgeekclub.com/time-u-s-navy-1h-skyraider-dropped-toilet-bomb-north-vietnam/

to the great CSAR in the sky.

A friend of Bill Anders, Apollo 8.

2x AD-4s shot down a pair of La-11s in 1954s too..

If you're looking for someone to do the Bronco, I may have someone @fighterpilotpodcast

What no more video on this channel?

Why so many training losses ?

They really got all they could out of that plane. 250fpm max is pretty sad.

Bill Anders, Apollo 8.

Was waiting for an A-1 piece. One thing he kept mentioning was it was a low, slow flyer and you never need the speed brakes. If you go back before Vietnam and the original design criteria calling for a dive bombing capability it would exceed design speed limits very fast without the 3 big brakes. As for altitude, when the USAF was parading the B-36 bomber around the world, a Navy commander had a flight of A-1’s intercept the B-36 at 32k’ while it entered US airspace off California. The A-1’s made diving passes from 36k’! Of course they could only make one pass. They also trained for Alpha Strikes with mixed flights of F-4U Corsairs making rocket attacks from 20k’, followed by A-1’s dive bombing from 30k’ + and then F-9 Cougars finishing off with guns. The dive from from 30k’ took so long that the pilots said they didn’t really get serious about the lineup until 10k’. Vincent, when you complete the Century Series series, how about the early jets? F-2’s , F-3’s, F-4D Skyrays, F-7s, F-9’s, etc. I know some of your previous guests have mentioned flying those. I’m sure there are some great stories from those pioneers. Thanks!

Building Sock It To Em right now!

what if the bearcat made it into ww2..light weight smaller plane with a huge engine.

8 more till the F-100D

Get George on jocko

I needed this so much. I'm going to ask a VERY controversial question:If the president ordered the Air Force for example to bomb a town because of the mere fact that they don't support him..do you think they would go through with it?

You need to fix your fucking audio. First time was unacceptable, second time was unforgivable, 50th time is disrespectful, insulting, and quite honestly offensive to the people you interview, the people who work with you, the veterans you involve, and the viewers who somehow still support you.