In 1986, I was living in Tucson, Arizona. USAF were flying OA-37 in a FAC role. This bird had incredible longevity. There were almost constant rumours about retirement, but somehow its mission usefulness just kept on giving.
The pilots were both ground and air FACs. Realistically in '86 they would never be used as an air FAC in a modern day war but were more to keep the pilots current flying. The OA-37s replaced the O-2A's in 1981 because the single engine performance in the AZ heat was nill.
🙋♀Salute to your father for his service! I love that little plane. It is so small the other pilots called the A-37 crews "Mattel Marauders". They flew right down into the fight and made a real difference. There are undoubtedly a lot of Vietnam vets alive today because of the A-37 and those who flew it.
I remember watching the A37's work out on my first tour in the central highlands. That was back in early 1970. They sure packed a potent array of bad guy killers.
I performed Weapons Release and Weapons Loading maintenance on the Dragonfly while enlisted at the Battle Creek Air National Guard Base in Michigan from 1979-95. We had upgraded from the Cessna OA-2 Skymaster to the OA-37B Dragonfly, and then finally to the OA-10 Warthog as I cross-trained to a Guidance and Control Specialist. I was privileged to go to Thailand in 1994 for Operation Cobra Gold, a conational training exercise. I have the utmost respect and admiration for the Royal Thai Air Force. Their professionalism and airmanship are unequaled.
I was in the Air Force from '68-72. I, too, was a 462 and worked on four different jets during that time, including the A-37B. In 1969-70, I was stationed at Bien Hoa AB Vietnam where I worked weapons release on both the F-100 D & F Super Sabre and the A-37B Dragonfly. The A-37B was a piece of cake to work on and was fantastic as a close support bird for the "Grunts" in contact. During the Cambodian Invasion during May and June of 1970, all four squadrons of F-100s and A-37s at Bien Hoa flew 85% of the close air support for the Army as we were the closed base to that operation. We were turning jets in those squadrons multiple time each day around the clock. Some of the A-37s went in so low that the intake screens had tree branches and leaves in them when they returned to base. It was a little-know aircraft, but it played a major role in the Vietnam War. It was a "Bad Ass!"
Great informative video, the deflector is still in use by Cessna as the thrust attenuator on the 525 series business jets CJ1 and CJ2, but only on the ground to reduce the taxi speed due to the high idle speed of the WI engines.
Used to watch these do touch and go's outside of Shepherd Airforce Base in Wichita Falls Texas. Home of the 80th Air Traning Wing. And the 82nd Flying Traning Wing.
Awesome aircraft. Thanks for making this video about this wonderful plane. I have often thought of trying to design and build a Light sport airplane to copy the T-37.
Amazing thank you have made technological andvancements of thrust vectoring in avionics history available in this episode as well as where the airframe of warthog came from AMAZING thank you
El Cessna A-37 , el avion de Latinoamérica y el Caribe. Se uso muchos años en varias fuerzas aéreas. Avion muy resistente y específico para misiones de ataque a tierra. También como control de fronteras.
Well informed and studied presenter. Thanks for the walk around and history. I was not familiar with the intermediate model between the A10 and the A1. She looks like an excellent engage and loiter time CAS bristling with pylons of fun. Seems she was good for jungle warfare where the target's concealment also protected the plane to deliver canopy penetrating ordinance. The note of the Size and Distance confusion of the Super Tweet was interesting. Such well explains Fairchild/Republic painting the false cockpit on the bottom of the A10. So the deception lesson was not lost to the model, as the A10 seeks to draw fire to the heaviest Armor on the ship if someone thinks that they have a shot.
The T-37 was also called "The Six Thousand Pound Whistle". Also called "Shrill Bill". I lost twenty percent of the hearing in my right ear because a technician was working on installing a new starter switch on the Port side engine. I was walking ten feet away from the port wing, when it started. I had no hearing protection that day, because all planes were grounded due to icing in the runways. It knocked me unconscious due to the unbelievable High Shrill sound it made.
The thing he calls a "speedbrake" just aft of the engine is, in fact, a thrust attenuator. They were engineered into the T/A-37 to allow the engines to operate at higher rpm when the gear and flaps were down due to the long spool-up times on those old T-37 engines. I know---I was a USAF T-37 instructor pilot for five years.
I really enjoyed this profile of the Dragonfly. I always thought this plane had more going for it than the roles given it. I just subscribed to your channel because I am an aviation enthusiast interested in the history of flight. If you haven't already, is it possible to see a similar look at the C-123B. That is a "forgotten" aircraft of which I have recently become interested. Again, great profile on the A-37B!
Thanks for your feedback. There's a C-123B at the air force museum here in Bangkok. It's positioned at a somewhat awkward position when it comes to background and light conditions, but I will give it a try next time I'm there.
@@FlywithMagnar If you can that would be great! The C-123 is mostly unknown to aviation buffs, but it is a most interesting aircraft. If is is known by some, it usually is in a negative way. A VIP version of the C-123 was used for General Westmoreland's personal transport during Vietnam. Also during that war, it was used to spray Agent Orange on the rainforest. I like the plane because it had some great capabilities as a military cargo transport. You cannot blame the plane for it being misused. Thanks again!
Exacto la versión final C-123 K tenia dos reactores J-85 el mismo motor que el A-37 . Los motores principales eran dos Pratt Whitney R- 2.000 . Podía llevar una carga máxima de 11 toneladas.
I had only one fam flight in the A-37 so not familiar with the limitations. But went through T-37 training (~5 months) and spins were a BIG part of the syllabus. It's actually harder to initiate a spin than to recover. The USAF had detailed recovery procedures but if you just released the controls it would straighten out by itself. More than one student got ding'ed for improper procedures for entering a spin. That was the last airplane I ever spun.
We have 34 of this still in service in El salvador.and also have magisterial. The gob is planning to acquire the f14 tomcat usa made.but may get Chinese made intead..cheaper and disposable..😅
Noted. However, the Bearcat is parked in an exhibition hall with dull lighting and squeezed between a wall and other aircraft. I hope they can move it to a better place soon.
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Please never stop bringing us your detailed history & technological dissection. Amazing
In 1986, I was living in Tucson, Arizona. USAF were flying OA-37 in a FAC role. This bird had incredible longevity. There were almost constant rumours about retirement, but somehow its mission usefulness just kept on giving.
The pilots were both ground and air FACs. Realistically in '86 they would never be used as an air FAC in a modern day war but were more to keep the pilots current flying. The OA-37s replaced the O-2A's in 1981 because the single engine performance in the AZ heat was nill.
My father flew the A-37 in combat with the 604th Special Operations Squadron based out of Bien Hoa AFB, RVN in 1969.
🙋♀Salute to your father for his service! I love that little plane. It is so small the other pilots called the A-37 crews "Mattel Marauders". They flew right down into the fight and made a real difference. There are undoubtedly a lot of Vietnam vets alive today because of the A-37 and those who flew it.
🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🙏🏼
Thanks for posting the wonderful video of a rare aircraft. It was a thrill to see it put through its paces.
I remember watching the A37's work out on my first tour in the central highlands. That was back in early 1970. They sure packed a potent array of bad guy killers.
i am thai guy thx for do this
I performed Weapons Release and Weapons Loading maintenance on the Dragonfly while enlisted at the Battle Creek Air National Guard Base in Michigan from 1979-95. We had upgraded from the Cessna OA-2 Skymaster to the OA-37B Dragonfly, and then finally to the OA-10 Warthog as I cross-trained to a Guidance and Control Specialist.
I was privileged to go to Thailand in 1994 for Operation Cobra Gold, a conational training exercise. I have the utmost respect and admiration for the Royal Thai Air Force. Their professionalism and airmanship are unequaled.
I was in the Air Force from '68-72. I, too, was a 462 and worked on four different jets during that time, including the A-37B. In 1969-70, I was stationed at Bien Hoa AB Vietnam where I worked weapons release on both the F-100 D & F Super Sabre and the A-37B Dragonfly. The A-37B was a piece of cake to work on and was fantastic as a close support bird for the "Grunts" in contact. During the Cambodian Invasion during May and June of 1970, all four squadrons of F-100s and A-37s at Bien Hoa flew 85% of the close air support for the Army as we were the closed base to that operation. We were turning jets in those squadrons multiple time each day around the clock. Some of the A-37s went in so low that the intake screens had tree branches and leaves in them when they returned to base. It was a little-know aircraft, but it played a major role in the Vietnam War. It was a "Bad Ass!"
This is a very well documented and very informative! One of the best I’ve seen in a long time!!
Hello friends. Here in Uruguay we still use the A37. Resgards!
Congratulations, it is a pretty neat aircraft!
Also here in El Salvador ✈👌🏻
Luis do you fly them?
Go dragonfly! Live forever!
excellent plane
Great informative video, the deflector is still in use by Cessna as the thrust attenuator on the 525 series business jets CJ1 and CJ2, but only on the ground to reduce the taxi speed due to the high idle speed of the WI engines.
Thanks for the info!
Thanks, Capt.
Excellent video! Thank you!!
Really like this presenter
Used to watch these do touch and go's outside of Shepherd Airforce Base in Wichita Falls Texas. Home of the 80th Air Traning Wing. And the 82nd Flying Traning Wing.
My class was 74-04 K fly.
Excellent review
Awesome aircraft. Thanks for making this video about this wonderful plane. I have often thought of trying to design and build a Light sport airplane to copy the T-37.
Very good video
Thank you so much for this video
Amazing thank you have made technological andvancements of thrust vectoring in avionics history available in this episode as well as where the airframe of warthog came from AMAZING thank you
Excellent video. Thank u
Excelente video 👌 abrazo desde Quilpué 🇨🇱 ese avión ✈️ lo tuvimos en 🇨🇱 Gran avión ✈️
That is a badass airplane
I heard this played a great role in the Vietnam war close support
I flew the T version of this plane in the 90s
Great details !!! Thank you
Nice!.. we have an A-37 warbird here in NZ✈️🇳🇿
Thank you captain for a pleasant relaxing video, I would love to see more content from this museum. Next time maybe film the Israelian IAI Arava
Great idea!
@@FlywithMagnar very good 👍🇨🇱
El Cessna A-37 , el avion de Latinoamérica y el Caribe.
Se uso muchos años en varias fuerzas aéreas.
Avion muy resistente y específico para misiones de ataque a tierra.
También como control de fronteras.
Thankyou
Well done!
I really like A 37 he is a sky fighter in south vietnam. Small question will he be back in the free jersey ? Because he is still unfinished business.
These baby aircrafts look cool back in Vietnam. My great uncle led a squadron based in Phan Rang until his discharge in 1975.
Well informed and studied presenter. Thanks for the walk around and history. I was not familiar with the intermediate model between the A10 and the A1. She looks like an excellent engage and loiter time CAS bristling with pylons of fun. Seems she was good for jungle warfare where the target's concealment also protected the plane to deliver canopy penetrating ordinance.
The note of the Size and Distance confusion of the Super Tweet was interesting. Such well explains Fairchild/Republic painting the false cockpit on the bottom of the A10. So the deception lesson was not lost to the model, as the A10 seeks to draw fire to the heaviest Armor on the ship if someone thinks that they have a shot.
I always liked this plane
5 years ago two jets was stil on duty. in Guatemala Air Forces. Regards
The T-37 was also called "The Six Thousand Pound Whistle". Also called "Shrill Bill". I lost twenty percent of the hearing in my right ear because a technician was working on installing a new starter switch on the Port side engine. I was walking ten feet away from the port wing, when it started. I had no hearing protection that day, because all planes were grounded due to icing in the runways. It knocked me unconscious due to the unbelievable High Shrill sound it made.
That’s very interesting to know. Sorry you hurt your hearing.
@floridafishing123 : Thank You. I have gotten accustomed to the ringing in my left ear, over the past 47 years.
Uno de los aviones que con sus .
motores produce más de 120 decibelios.
love B&H they stand by their word
The thing he calls a "speedbrake" just aft of the engine is, in fact, a thrust attenuator. They were engineered into the T/A-37 to allow the engines to operate at higher rpm when the gear and flaps were down due to the long spool-up times on those old T-37 engines. I know---I was a USAF T-37 instructor pilot for five years.
That's a long time in the Tweet Russ!
I really enjoyed this profile of the Dragonfly. I always thought this plane had more going for it than the roles given it. I just subscribed to your channel because I am an aviation enthusiast interested in the history of flight. If you haven't already, is it possible to see a similar look at the C-123B. That is a "forgotten" aircraft of which I have recently become interested. Again, great profile on the A-37B!
Thanks for your feedback. There's a C-123B at the air force museum here in Bangkok. It's positioned at a somewhat awkward position when it comes to background and light conditions, but I will give it a try next time I'm there.
@@FlywithMagnar If you can that would be great! The C-123 is mostly unknown to aviation buffs, but it is a most interesting aircraft. If is is known by some, it usually is in a negative way. A VIP version of the C-123 was used for General Westmoreland's personal transport during Vietnam. Also during that war, it was used to spray Agent Orange on the rainforest. I like the plane because it had some great capabilities as a military cargo transport. You cannot blame the plane for it being misused. Thanks again!
Exacto la versión final C-123 K tenia dos reactores J-85 el mismo motor que el A-37 .
Los motores principales eran dos Pratt Whitney R- 2.000 .
Podía llevar una carga máxima de 11 toneladas.
Please dona video on the Grummon G44
Sow war in El salvador 1980 to 1992..but the fouga magister also was very fast ..saludez a37 a an a33
Very good review. One correction, spins were a prohibited maneuver.
I had only one fam flight in the A-37 so not familiar with the limitations. But went through T-37 training (~5 months) and spins were a BIG part of the syllabus. It's actually harder to initiate a spin than to recover. The USAF had detailed recovery procedures but if you just released the controls it would straighten out by itself. More than one student got ding'ed for improper procedures for entering a spin. That was the last airplane I ever spun.
I was a good friend of pilot Ly Toung RIP God Bless him👮🏻♂️🏅🎖️💐🤓🙏🙏🙏.
We have 34 of this still in service in El salvador.and also have magisterial. The gob is planning to acquire the f14 tomcat usa made.but may get Chinese made intead..cheaper and disposable..😅
were these ever flown by Nicaragua?
To my knowledge, no.
My uncle flew this plane in Vietnam
It is a thrust attenuator. Not a reverser.
Somebody didn't watch the video.
Do You know is the thrust deflector hydraulic operated or pilot muscle operated?
Not muscle operated, for sure! I would guess hydraulic operation. Secondary option is electric.
The grandfather of the A-10
What do you mean Sir by sayin that the engine are canted slightly upward AND downward?
It should be outward and downward.
@@FlywithMagnar many thanks for the precision.
🙏🙏💐🇺🇲👮🏻♂️👮🏻♀️God bless all the Vietnam veterans.
does this museum have any bearcats?
Yes. But it's displayed in a dark hall, tucked in between other aircraft. It's impossible to get a decent video of it.
Cool video, but Please stop with the hands over and over and over and over and over and over...
Super tweet
Colômbia, Guatemala, El salvador, Chile, Equador and anothers countries uses this plane.
Put your hands in your pockets. Please.
Hands, and more hands
Bearcat!
Noted. However, the Bearcat is parked in an exhibition hall with dull lighting and squeezed between a wall and other aircraft. I hope they can move it to a better place soon.
Brasil did have only T37.
If apr 37/1505p140DMhyML,as, SAME thing projectings seat's 5-15😢
Cessna = not known? ;-)
It's a tweeked, re-vamped BAC Jet Provost
No, that's the BAC Strikemaster.
Put your hands in your pockets, please.
I find the narrator's voice annoying and at times hard to understand.
There's no problem at all. Learn to understand different accents for God's sake.
I find this comment annoying & hard to understand.