COMBAT in the F-100 "Hun" with the Legendary Dick Rutan!
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- Опубликовано: 4 сен 2024
- As an F-100 "Misty" fighter pilot in Vietnam, Dick Rutan pioneered the use of tactical jets for what became known as Fast Forward Air Control (or FastFAC). He flew 325 combat missions and survived an ejection when his aircraft was hit by enemy fire. For his valor in combat, Dick Rutan was awarded a silver star and FIVE Distinguished Flying Crosses. Following the war, he became a test pilot and ejected a second time when his aircraft suffered an engine failure. In 1986, Dick Rutan achieved what many consider to be the last great terrestrial aeronautical achievement: piloting the Voyager aircraft on the first non-stop, non-refueled flight around-the-world.
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Dick’s daughter, Holly, and I were in school together at the COE school in Elveden, UK back in the late 1960s. My Dad, Maj. Leigh M. Holt, was also an F-100 pilot at Lakenheath at the time after two years in Vietnam. I only came into contact with Dick during a play-date with Holly, when he came home in his flight suit and came to her room to say hello. As an adult, I can appreciate so much more the kind of man Mr. Rutan is.
Can we get the story between combat and the world record flight, then after that into retirement?
I want to hear of the career, as much as he can say, as a civilian, and the things that he and Burt did together, from leaving the military as a vet, to retirement. As much as I would enjoy his family, and who,nif any children follow their goals.
Imagine interviewing 1907-1920 pilots. Dick has that adventurous spirit, and I'm grateful for it. I would enjoy walking around with him retelling the paths, in a hangar full of his storied birds.
That Silver Statement was a mouth full. Nice work Dick Rutan.
That was one dangerous mission sir
I met Dick at a presentation at OshKosh in '99? I think. He and Jeana Yeager were talking about their Round the World adventure in the museum at OshKosh. It was fabulous, and one of the only air-conditioned places that year. All that I was looking for was some cool concrete to lie down on like an over heated dog! It was 103°F in the shade!
A freaking living legend here!
I hope the US has more men like this willing to serve in our armed services.
A truly phenomenal aviator and warrior. God Bless you Dick Rutan!
I was in RVN during '69-70 for the festivities. A highlight for me was the F100s who would do a high speed low pass down the center of the runway at Cu Chi. Loud and Proud.
RIP Dick Rutan. If you haven't read "Bury Us Upside Down" I highly suggest it.
RIP Dick Rutan
Thank you for this wonderful content!
Ditto!! 😊❤❤
Those Misty FACs deserved every medal possible!! I was wondering about his Voyager flight, If it's really true (very doubtful) that the earth is flat, was he flying inverted for half of the trip? Seems very uncomfortable. LOL
That was really great.
I met him at the El Monte, CA. Airport airshow probably around 1990 or so and I bought his book got lost somehow but I read it. Also I bought his poster and got it signed which I still have.
RIP
I am amazed.
good work
What a American story.
Sorry to say that Dick Rutan died on May 3, 2024.
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Met him at an airborne law enforcement conference. Kind of unfriendly, grumpy and very insulting toward his voyager co-pilot.
Yeah, to me it seemed his ego got a little out of control after the voyager flight and his copilot was never heard of again.
I believe he wanted to Fly because the Airplane was so heavy with fuel that it could break and he felt safer if he was flying it.
I've had the opportunity to be at several events where members of the Voyager team spoke. All of them would tell that Voyager wouldn't have happened without Jeana's influence and determination, but they also would say that she was deficient in her ability to handle the airplane. She just was not capable of handling the airplane at the heavy weight where it would self destruct inside of 15 seconds. Those deficiencies required Dick to be at the controls for three days straight with his butt on the line. Had their relationship continued past Voyager I'm sure he would've protected her more. Since they were exes even during the flight I wouldn't expect him to have that same need to protect.
As for the ego, you won't meet many fighter pilots without one. Go read his book, The Next 5 Minutes, and then judge for yourself if he's done enough to be cocky.
Give the man a break. He’s spent a huge portion of his adult life in the public view. It’s got to be tough constantly being approached and having people demand of you.He’s allowed to have a bad day.
The poor F-100. It looked stone cold ugly in the Southeast Asia camo scheme. Here's the way it was always meant to look:
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Disagree. Hun looks good in any paint scheme. I think she looks great in SEA camo. One of the first models I built and painted.
@@terryboyer1342 Sorry.....I hate the camo. Same for the F-4. Just look at the F-106. One of the most beautiful fighters ever made and especially in it's light blue scheme. That's just my preference though.
(I also had an F-4 model hanging over my bed. I had installed lights in the cockpit instruments and everything.
@@rael5469 I liked the F-4 in camo. Agree the 106 is one of the best lookers and wouldn't look good in camo. The light blue scheme was great!
I worked the Pneudraulic Systems on the F-100's at Bien Hoa AB in 1966 with the 3rd TFW.
I transferred to the Caribou, C-7A, under Operation Red Leaf Nov. of 1966 and on to Phu Cat 1/1/1967. Only a 3000' dirt runway there at that time. The 10K' concrete runway would be completed later that year. I rotated out just as the base was being completed and the different units were coming in.
Mr. Rutan commented on the food at Phu Cat. In 1967, the mess hall was operated by the construction contractors building the base. The food was excellent and available 24/7. The menu consisted of about anything you might want at any given time. The USAF must have taken it over by the time he arrived.
Why F-100 "Hun" ? 1966 my Father gave me a model of North American F-100 "Super Sabre", not "Hun".
No one who flew it called it the Super Sabre. They called it by the code name “Hun”.
@@SocialFlight Thank you. I didn't know.
Anyway, the best plane nowadays isn't North American, but Russian. The Сухой-27, "Flanker", is very much better than the F-15. The French "Rafale" is light, ridiculous. And the F-22 Raptor is not so good as the Су-27.
Ah nicknames... Falcon/Viper, Thunderchief/Thud, Thunderbolt/Warthog... I'm not sure what the truth really is, but in my mind, I always imagined it was a set of possibly tipsy pilots making an amalgamation of F-one-HUN-dred with a warrior nuance from the historically feared Attila-the-HUN.
The nickname, “Hun”, was a shortening of the “Hundred” in the official name of the plane.
@@hartholz7015 It's a free country (where RUclips is based). So You have the >Right< to be flagrantly ignorant.
Ice?
A towel.