Big SoCal show.
Note that our A-37 Killer Tweet... the only one flying in North America (until last week)... will be performing at the March ARB Airshow on 12-13 April. Although I'm one of the two pilots, I don't fly it in airshow aerobatics, but the guy that does is absolutely top shelf. And the jet has the best smoke system of any jet out there.
It is currently spending the winter in the Warhawk Museum at Nampa, ID. It has a unique history in that it flew 2200 hours of combat with the RVNAF... and when the South was overrun, was captured by the communists, who then flew the jet in combat against the South Vietnamese. Yes, it flew for the Good Guys AND the Bad Guys. It's one of 10 A-37's that were bought from the fuckin' commies by an Aussie, and finally purchased by the current owner who spent 20 years restoring it himself. He has photos of his jet with both the North and the South, and it looks exactly the way it did in 1972.
If you make it to the March Airshow, swing by and introduce yourself. I'll be wearing the bright orange flight suit with the HUGGY name tag. I look like a traffic cone, only bigger. Hard to miss.
And yes, those fuel drop tanks actually work. The jet is thirsty and you need them to go anywhere. But that thirst translates to a lot of power. It puts out in MIL what a T-38A puts out in MAX. Expect to hear more about its exceptional climb performance in the near future.
And yes... it's a Cessna and probably the easiest stick and rudder airplane you'll ever fly.
Fortune favors the prepared.
Note that our A-37 Killer Tweet... the only one flying in North America (until last week)... will be performing at the March ARB Airshow on 12-13 April. Although I'm one of the two pilots, I don't fly it in airshow aerobatics, but the guy that does is absolutely top shelf. And the jet has the best smoke system of any jet out there.
It is currently spending the winter in the Warhawk Museum at Nampa, ID. It has a unique history in that it flew 2200 hours of combat with the RVNAF... and when the South was overrun, was captured by the communists, who then flew the jet in combat against the South Vietnamese. Yes, it flew for the Good Guys AND the Bad Guys. It's one of 10 A-37's that were bought from the fuckin' commies by an Aussie, and finally purchased by the current owner who spent 20 years restoring it himself. He has photos of his jet with both the North and the South, and it looks exactly the way it did in 1972.
If you make it to the March Airshow, swing by and introduce yourself. I'll be wearing the bright orange flight suit with the HUGGY name tag. I look like a traffic cone, only bigger. Hard to miss.
And yes, those fuel drop tanks actually work. The jet is thirsty and you need them to go anywhere. But that thirst translates to a lot of power. It puts out in MIL what a T-38A puts out in MAX. Expect to hear more about its exceptional climb performance in the near future.
And yes... it's a Cessna and probably the easiest stick and rudder airplane you'll ever fly.
Fortune favors the prepared.
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