i think the fact this pilot is so articulate is one reason he was selected for the demo team. best walk around video I've seen yet!

I agree this Walkaround was superb! One of the absolute BEST walkround videos that has insane amount of detail from a Technician is Aircraft Interviews David Butterfield Tornado F3 walkaround kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qrdjZNWit7_UlJc.html This guy is amazing and without a doubt one of the best if your a fan of the Tornado or planes in general I highly suggest checking it out!

Outstanding Job !!! The best i have seen.

I was at an airshow in the early 1990's where they had the crew standing at their A-10. It was a pilot and a ground crew member. They walked me and my dad (just the two of us) around the plane and told us what different things were while telling us stories of their experiences with the plane. Major Cody here is going to the same effort plus more detail. This brings me back to that day watching this video.

withershin That’s awesome man. I for sure miss the early 1990’s airshows. They were so amazing I feel sorry for the kids that didn’t get to experience them. I have 2 experience I’ll never forget as a kid. One was being really little and the UH-1 Huey starting up and hearing the sound of that turbine come to life and I started screaming as my aunt held me in her arms and one of the crew chiefs with his helmet on coming up to my aunt with his helmet on and visor down he wanted to take me up in the helicopter cause they were giving free rides to people and I was going apeshit and terrified. And the second was me and my dad when I was a little older in 1994 being toured around by the crew of a AH-1 Cobra and I remember the pilot telling my dad “ boy I sure love to blow shit up!” And them laughing and the gunner picking me up and putting me in his gunner seat. I still have that photo they took of me in it, amazing times 👊

@E. R. I've never called a major, major in my life, nor a sergeant, sergeant etc. I've never called a cop sir, a doctor , doctor but I do on rare occasion respectfully call someone Mr. If I ever did meet Mr Wilton then I'd likely say, G'day Cody (or g'day mate) like I engage with most people. All that aside, as a civilian (I'm assuming this is your angle your trying to correct) still a great youtube vid..and respect to the producers for a job well done.

@E. R. Ahh ok my bad...didn't recognize the reference /beer or /bourbon ...maybe both :P

Erik, you're killing it! Keep more of these walkaround videos coming!

... more like we'll done making sure our enemies, old AND new are now better versed & updated anything they may have forgotten or been overseen!

The Warthog Project Thank you so much!! I’m glad you like it!!

@@ErikJohnston , Excellent presentation of the A-10. 👍 Love how the pilot explains all the systems and cockpit switches. 🇺🇸

Oh boy....I'm excited. There's gonna be a "revision" of your cockpit video now! :)

@@ErikJohnston Mr. Johnston you are awesome and so the the MAJOR that did the seminar. I'm ready to fly it. Although I'm 74 years old, overweight, and near sighted, I wouldn't let little minor things like that stop me.

Friggin’ Sweeeeet! Thank you guys for an incredible video! Damn good job!

William Gates - Yee-haw, buddy! I was there when the first A-10s arrived (1976)! It was known then as the 355th Tactical Fighter TRAINING Wing. Also in 355th FMS, as a level 5 Machinist Technician! The Warthog (Thunderbolt II) is STILL as awesome as it was 'way back then!

My son Tanner is an Avionics specialist on the A-10. Just returned from his first deployment.

Thank you for your dedicated service. Mr. Gates.

Went to Oklahoma for school to learn avionics in the early 1990's,, about the start of the airline industry first economic hard downfall,, What a eye opener about the industry for one and two what a joke that school was,,, I know back 70 yrs ago it was prestigious but back when I attended ,,, Well I quit school and got back home to my old job. Live and learn.

Tanner’s Tech school was at Sheppard AFB in Wichita Falls, Texas.

you definitely should be proud. I work with several former soldiers and marines who are here working with me at the VA, directly because A-10s saved them at helped them make it home. When a Marine or Soldier praises the Air Force, that means something.

These things save so many ground troops' lives, people are willing to punch a dumb mofo on the floor of Congress. You contributed

Haha🤣

You lost in the end

And that's why they're still around today. Thank GOD. Thank you, sir. Glad you made it home, brother! 🙏❤️

Damn. That's neat.

You are 1 year younger than this aircraft.

You mean ... A10 guys xD

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Haha, your welcome buddy! I hope you enjoyed it! Merry Christmas!

Mechanical engineers are just as important in the operation of the A-10. Brother. You would have been just as important my friend. But I get what you mean. Just to have your foot in the door to be part of the design team on that would have been fantastic.

Thanks! Glad you like them

Production lines for the A-10 have been shut down since 1984, the only way to get more is to pull them out of Boneyards. At-least new wings have been made for these old planes.

FirstDagger America can do whatever it decides to. Building more of these would be easy by any industry standard.

They have a lot of A-10's in storage at the moment. When needed, they pull 'em. Needless to say, we have a lot of these at hand. I'm with you on the how they produced the video. Outstanding.

imho, there is no reason to take the A-10 out of service. If anything, build some brand new ones. It is a life saver. A flying gun wrapped up like a tank.

Thanks to fighter and assault jets, we have something similar to PAC available for RC planes. My 1/10 scale RC A-10 has something similar..called AS3X, 3axis stabilization so aircraft stays stirred but not shaken...lol also has 6axis stability hold which allows to "select" attitude and holds that attitude on a scale between 0°-90° limits. Throw stick full left, 90°bank hold, ½ left, 45° hold, centered, wings level hold..can also set for max climb/dive angles too, stick travel works same way as roll.. So I have raw, absolute freedom of control that is stabilized, and stabilization within attitude limits for absolute rock solid precise attitude control in manuvers, as I am not actually inside model piloting. This makes extremely crisp handling yet extreme attitude precision when flown (properly) from the flightline.. Also makes strafing runs/bombing runs, glideslope, & landing flare SOLID when programmed & flown properly. With unlimited full range attitude stabilization of AS3X, full acrobatics looks just like full scale! Nothing like perfect Cuban 8's and then rock solid 90°breaks for missile evasion or just "BECAUSE THAT'S HOW YOU TURN AN A-10...BANK, YANK, LEVEL ON HEADING!!"😉👍

Improvise, adapt, and overcome.

That system is not original. The A-10 did not get the stab aug system until the LASTE upgrade in the 90s. Heck, the A-10 did not get an INS system until the mid-80s. When I flew it, it was TACAN or map and stopwatch. :) Oh, the the gun hold 1174 rounds, not 1150.

he was also an unrepentant nazi who continued to be active in neo-nazi politics after the war, it's so like the US to hire these monsters post-war. operation paperclip and all that

@@Riotdrone For sure and "we" didn't care enough. Humanity is a shifting priority

NO, Rudel did not 'advise', he just 'inspired' because the design team read a book he had written. www.historynet.com/the-warplane-nobody-wanted.htm Fortunately no direct involvement, because Rudel indeed was bad news in a lot of respects. If you can read German: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Ulrich_Rudel

F4U, there is no dash between the 4 and U, because that was a different designation system. Otherwise you would have to say A-D to the Skyraider.

Davis Montham?I live close to that base.

I kinda surprised myself too, knew most of the acronyms, just from my general interest over the years (and youtube great for learning about this stuff), even though not being a pilot myself. For example getting the significance of the slat not being the usual aerodynamic device but for preventing engine suffocation, and understanding the significance of the engines being close up to the rear of the wing compared to say a twinjet airliner where they are much further away.

hey if it makes you feel any better, i never got to fly any aircraft for my job

Thank you very much!

So true...

How to remove it? Take a look at a photo of Nancy Pelosi.

Dont remove before flight!

Haha! I sure am glad that you liked it! I live the A-10 and was so happy when I got this opportunity to shoot this walkaround

Hemaka Your very welcome! Sure glad you liked it!!

It saved my ass twice.

@@flyinbrianvids fr?

Its ineffective in the modern war scenario. The numbers don't lie, F16s and B1Bs etc did the majority of the bombing in the USAs latest conflicts. The A10 saw very little action and it couldn't deliver weapons from up high

If it wasn’t this plane it would have been another.

Congress should pass a law saying that if the Air Force gets ride of the A-10 the Army & Marines should have the option to either pick them up or else get something like the Turcano for CAS. Interservice rivalry would insure that they'd never get rid of them, and even if they did the green services would make better use of them anyway.

"I just have to look at it to make it a target"... and then send it to any aircraft. Bloody amazing stuff.

He doesn’t know his right from left hydraulic systems lol. Left is fwd. also the pilots ram the jets into the refuelers, don’t let anyone tell ya different. Also obogs is terrible. Not in theory, but they did I terrible job on the install.

@@stroc87 About refueling that's exactly what he said. He explained that the pilot is supposed to stay put and the refueling boom operator is supposed to do the hook up but sometimes the pilots get in a hurry and try to mate with the boom themselves which is where the dents come from.

hat's off, last time I worked A10's was 1984, I was WCS but at RAF Bentwaters we all where Crew Chiefs. I even had an SEI for crew chief lol

Your very welcome! Thanks so much fir your service!

Ryan Fitzgerald Thank you sir, glad you liked it!! Thanks so much for your service! It is greatly appreciated by so many!!

My father was a jet mechanic in the Navy for 20+ years. He was on three different aircraft carriers in his day, and retired as a Master Chief. He also worked with the Air Force, as a civilian doing the same kind of work. Those aircraft do not leave the ship without your services. I have a special place in my heart for what you guys do in the Navy. I was only a Navy brat myself but wished I would have served when I had the chance. My hat is off to you my friend. Thanks for your continued service.

Glad you liked it! I was surprised how detailed Maj. Wilton explained the cockpit.

I saw somebody lean into the cockpit, turn on the battery and accidentally hit the countermeasure switch. Yep, there were flares bouncing around all over the place. CHUNKACHUNKACHUNKA!! Burned holes in the wings, even melted concrete! Before I got to that assignment the canopy on one was disconnected from the catapult. To pull the seat I think. At the same time two guys were working in it. One walking up the backbone, one leaning into the cockpit. The guy in the cockpit - somehow - pulled the canopy jettison. The safety pin was out and he got something hung up on the handle.The catapult struck the other guy on one side of his face. As I recall it didn't kill him, but it might as well have.