F-100 Super Sabre Flight! 

I saw my one f-100 fly as little kid! The thunderbirds were flying them! They were up in battle creek and flew down to our little 1500ft runway Airport and put on a show! I think almost the whole town was out there ! They didn't land there! They finished their performance, went back to battle creek! I never forgot it ! Almost 60yrs ago! Speaking of the thunderbirds, I saw them in 73 at battle creek, in f-4's and in '88 or '89 flying f'16's ! I took my oldest daughter up to watch them! We were right across from the flightline! She screamed through most of performance! I liked f-100's so much that I built two plastic models of them!

My father flew F-100s. I was lucky enough as a child to see him fly on many occasions. Great to see one still flying.

Amazing work to get these birds back in the air where they belong! These were the fighters that shaped my youth: Phantom, F100, Voodoo, Thunderchief, F111, etc. - I'm so afraid that soon the only ones left will be on static display in a museum somewhere. Keep up the great work!!

Good Day. Beautiful Aircraft. One of my favorite planes. Interesting that at one time these planes flew all the time. It was regular and no big deal. Today, they are rare and precious. I was stationed at Cannon AFB NM in 1974, 27th CES, Power & Airfield Lighting. F-111s when I was there. I saw the Thunderbirds there when they were flying F4s. So many beautiful and wonderful aircraft in our history. Thank You & Best Regards.

I simply cannot imagine the amount of knowledge and skills needed to keep this AC in the air. Those F100's look like they're flying even when they're on the ground.

What an absolutely great view of the pilot's right leg ! We'll learn alot from that camera !

I miss those days of the old jets flying, grew up on the California desert in the 70s. Saw many F-100, F-105, F-106, and the F-4s fly out of Edwards AFB, George AFB and China Lake. Too bad my father's flight instructor isn't around. His favorite aircraft in the USAF was the F-100, especially the D model with flaps. Flew multiple tours in Vietnam in the F-100 then O-1 Bird Dog, finishing in the South Vietnamese Air Force in the O-1. His career would have made an incredible book to read. I can't describe to my kids, that distinct smell of the old J-57, J-75 and J-79 engines on start up and taxi, no modern jet engine has that smell.

Videos like this make me really think about using my A&P again. I miss this type of work. Beautiful aircraft, wonderful job getting her in the air again! The century series of Jets truly deserves more love and affection.

This is a real treat for me. We had F-100's at our ANG unit at Terre Haute, that being the 181st Tactical Wing, all through the 1970's before they switched to the F-4. So many times as a kid out there watching these exact scenes right there in front of me. So cool !!

63-951 made her last flight out of Phu Cat before I got there, but during my year at that base I worked on her sisters. They were tough, honorable birds. Thank you for keeping a Hun flying.

35th Wing , Phan Rang, Vietnam. F100s and Aussie B57s, 1967. Bad to the bone and fun to watch on their missions all around us. Good on y'all for the preservation!

Wonderful. 6 years since the last flight...well done! Saw a mig-21 in a hangar background. Quite the Vietnam collection in those hangars :)

I'm sure this plane can do aerobatics right along with the combat maneuvers it once did when in active service. It is a really cool aircraft

GOOD ! Very good ! Keep history alive ! Glad to see this. Hope to see it in Oshkosh in person. Best Regards from Alaska!

I grew up in Sunnyvale, ca. I can remember seeing these fly over our house as we were very close to Moffett Field AFB. They were right next to Lockheed, where my dad worked. Good memories.

My uncle, Scott Dotson, flew these beasts in Vietnam. First the D models then the F when he transitioned to the Misty FAC Squadron. He (Misty 110) and his backseater, Lee Gourley (Misty 106), went MIA over Laos on August 9, 1969. We never knew what happened to them until 2003 when they were finally recovered. While we did finally have closure, they were still unable to determine why the plane went down. I would love to see this bird fly in person.

What an absolute beast and well done all involved! 👏 🏆 😎

My father used to work on these amazing planes when he was in the Air Force -he was a crew chief for the Thunderbirds back in the day as well

That TA-4 was NP, my old Airwing on CV-19, USS Hancock.

Living so close to Houston, any chance of any of us former F-4 fixers will be able to witness it's first flight??

Ah, the F-100F. Two fewer guns to look after. This video takes me back to 1961 and my gun-plumbing days at Spangdahlem AFB. At that time, the alert area was located very close to Runway 05, and I frequently stood there and watched as F-100s lit off afterburners for takeoff. One warm and quiet day when the noise seemed especially violent I looked down and found that my fatigue uniform was literally shaking with the sound. The F-105s that replaced the Hun definitely seemed to be less noisy than the F-100 on takeoff. A couple of times, however, an F-105 passing over the base went into what was known as afterburner screech, and that was perhaps the weirdest damn sound I ever heard. Some of the older troops said it sounded like a V1 buzz bomb going over. One question for viewers: does anybody know why the start unit was referred to, back in the day, as a "'Ploosh' unit"? Everybody called it that, but nobody knew where the name originated. As for running a tug out of fuel, when the guy said, "Well, at least we know where usable fuel ends," I thought, okay, fellow aircraft mechanic identified. Always seeing the practical side of a situation.

Awesome, another classic back in the skies.

You guys are awesome. keep up the hard work and Fun! I love just about anything that flies.

Its so awesome to see that F100 fly! Great work!. There are 2 F100s (Tail numbers 56-3916 and 56-3971 ) that have been here at the airport for over 2 decades in Belgrade, MT. I dont know who owns them both but they are pretty much abandoned at this point. They have been parked outside the entire time. Other than being moved a few times for airport construction reasons, they havent done anything with them. I hope someone can some day put them in a hanger and get them flyable again. Its sad to see them just sit out there, just rotting away in our hot summers and cold and snowy winters.

That was fantastic! Thanks for sharing the video with the rest of us.

My Late Brother Bob was at Luke Air Force base in Phoenix in 1959 working as a Weapon Mechanic on that bird in the days. Still have one on Display in front of Base I believe. After Leaving the Service in 1963 He spent 33 years working for Lockheed.

Impressive accomplishment, successfully getting a project of this scale, to a point of actually flying. Congratulations to all involved, and thanks for sharing.

I used to have a MA1A cart at my local airport. Had to use it to start some ERJ-135s a few times. I did one when it was late afternoon, getting near dark. All the passengers on the right side of the plane were watching when I started the cart. A 4ft flame shot out of the exhaust, making quite the show. Everyone's eyes got real big and saw a lot of "holy $#!T" expressions. It was awesome. But yeah that thing was very loud, and you'd be deaf if you didn't wear hearing protection!

Cool video! Great flow to everything. Conversational tone and phenomenal restoration of magnificent machines. Breathe deep and fly straight!

Diesel - what a great day for you guys!! Thanks for posting this, it was awesome. I would love to see this fly. After Dean Cutshall announced that he probably wouldn’t be flying his 100F anymore I dispaired of ever getting to see a Hun in flight, but now there’s hope! 😊. We have a 100D on static display (I volunteer at the Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum in Titusville, FL) and it’s one of my favorite airplanes in our collection. Would love to see yours strutting its stuff. Will Collings be taking it to any airshows? Sure hope so! Thanks again for making my day! Regards, Rob Shaw

Awesome!!! Congrats 🎉🎉🎉🎉

There is an F 100 Super Sabre mounted at the entrance to the municipal airport in Grand Haven, MI. The sight and sound of this iconic aircraft in flight is inspiring. Thanks for sharing.

Great video and congratulations on the successful flight. Gotta love the AB. It’s a turbo money to noise converter ! 😁

The f-100 looks the best in that camo paint scheme

I'm an Old Brit and I can remember F100s being based at Lakenheath in the UK and the Boom of the burner ignition. Great video and good luck with all your aviation projects done in memory of our heroes. Thanks!

I had no idea one was airworthy!! You hang out with the right crowd.

Folding the drag bag. Lots of fun! Congrats on the flight 👍

As a kid I saw these planes over Soesterberg, the Netherlands. The USAF 32 TFS was based there. Thank you for posting.

just gorgeous ! she's still got it goin' on !!

Seeing this in formation with Dean Cutshall's F-100 would've been epic. At least I got to see his when he brought it to EAA.

You got to do it again with good video equipment. F-100s are super cool. Our National Guard F-100s had afterburners that would boom when lit. A very loud boom & off they went fast down the runway. We lived 8 miles from the airport & new when the guard was flying. Very cool stuff. Thanks for posting and best wishes for future flights.

Thank you for the privilege of seeing this iconic aircraft fly. I never thought I would see one fly. Hopefully this is a later model F-100 so you don't have to worry about the Saber Dance as much.

In the mid eighties I was working at Davis-Monthan in Arizona. One of the main projects I did was pulling F-100’s out of the desert and preparing them for conversion to drones. I wonder if I worked on this beauty.

Great job everyone!!!

So so awesome! would love to see an F-105 brought back to life sometime.

love it, next get an A6 INTRUDER

Sooooo cool.

Thank you amigos for keeping the ladies flying. Semper Fi

So cool

Really kool ❤

Nice cockpit shot.

F-100 being one of the coolest

I knew a nam vet that was a tech / mechanic/ ground crew of this airframe. Keep them flying ! 👍

Never thought I'd see an F-100 in the air again! 😁 Great job Collins Foundation and everyone involved! My dad worked on them at Luke and at Clark (67/68) during 'Nam. Col Charles Yeagar was his wing commander, and took him up (Pops was a Maint Chief) in a 2 seater, just like that one, and broke the sound barrier. 🤗 Gave him a cool 'Mach Buster' card that I gave to one of my Air Force nephews.......that he promptly lost $#%@&^. kids....grrr. When I was finishing up my Marine Air enlistment at Beaufort MCAS we went down to Savanah and did a 2 v 1 with our F-4J's against the Guard and their Huns. Sorry AF....it was not pretty... haha 😉

It sounds amazing when he lights the can. If this is the A4 F4 and the F100 out of Ellington field in Houston I was lucky enough to see all 3 of them fly. Oh yeah and I think that mig 21 also . Great video thanks for sharing

My old man worked on the F-100D and he also later was a mech on the RF-101 Voodoo in Vietnam.

Great to see her back in the sky! Saw her fly at the WOH 2014 airshow.

I knew it was condensation, but my next thing was cool interior IFR cockpit LOL Nice flight and it must have been awesome to feel the power.

Watched these bad boys routinely at Seymore Johnson AFB in Goldsboro as a child. Duying an air show, one broke the sound barrier. BOOM ! The town asked the airforce to stop breaking the sound barrier due to frightened citizens. Boo ! Inalways enjoyed it but I was a kid.

Damn, that is pure gold! That jet turbine has a an incredible whine.

I used to sit by the end of the runway as a kid at a local ANG base as these did touch and go's. Getting covered in black smoke was part of the fun. 50+ years later, I'm still around!

i think i saw this bird do a show chasing a mig at toledo airshow around 2017 - 2018 its so cool to see

She's a beauty 🙂👍

This is awesome! Had no idea that a Super Saber was still flying, thank you for sharing. Any thoughts on having hot seats?

Hello 👋 I knew a man who flew the F100 as a test pilot for NASA ! Cam Patterson. Awesome Gentleman 😊

Gosh what a beauty. Can't wait to have it in DCS. Any clue when ? Thanks for the video

Century series… were meant to be throw away cheap aircrafts… still flying? Amazing.

Great video, dude! And thanks so much for the plug and such for my little tiny channel! So glad the flight went well and we hope to fly it again soon! Ps..we ran the CF TA4 yesterday for the first time in a few years, found a couple of issue that need to be fixed but progress is progress! Keep em flyin!

Another beautiful warbird that’s often overlooked as a major player in Vietnam. We all need to salute you for the work and money it takes to keep bees aircraft flying.

Great to see another Hun take to the skies! If memory serves, the only other airworthy one is being retired unfortunately.

As you know, Dean Cutshaw "cutter" has his F-100D at Ft. Wayne, should exchange notes with him. He may have parts too.

So great to see an F100F flying! One of my favorite aircraft, certainly ahead of it's time in 1955.

I guess a solution for the go pro is to record a few seconds just so you can see what the camera sees and make the necessary adjustments. You could also have the pilots check the go pro before takeoff just to verify they're on and recording

Many of the accidents Of the early 100s were chalked up to burner lag. When the 100 and 105 light the burner it's quite dramatic. You need to take a video at the end of the runway to get the sound of the burner when it lights.

Beautiful on the ground, she looked even better in the air!

yall comin to oshkosh?

My dad flew those in Europe and in Vietnam

I saw it fly in 2014. I described the afterburner sound as lighting a crawfish burner X1000.

So nice to see the Vietnam paint job, as opposed to the Thunderbird design. Also, it's a little sad that the two(?) examples flying are both F-models, but that's understandable. Jus' bein' picky, here--I'm Big Time grateful to ANYone who keeps my favorite fighter alive.

Kick ass

Cool to see her fly, did the pilot forget to mount the go pro on his helmet??

Is that supersonic trainer the type used in the movie Hotshots with Charlie Sheen?

Hot Shots jet!!

I remember seeing the red arrows flying the gnats in the early 70s.

Hard lite burner.

Is a F-101 Voo doo still flyable somewhere? The afterburners on that beast explode to life!!

Close caption for engine noise... "(Music)" How long was the flight... what speed achieved?

Loved finding this presentation! When I took my first lessons in a C-152 which was NEW in 1978, I was introduced to my instructor. He flew 100's with the 104th Fighter Wing here at KBAF in that year. Really an honor to have such an instructor in the right seat from my very first hour in that light aircraft! Happily, I have great photos from the day. It all started with the first PRE-flight inspection, AND, his signature is all over my log book 😊👍.

THE F8M WAS A SINGLE STAGE AB TOO

that flight hadda cost a few bucks

Originated the term "Century Fighter". 👍

Take her to Oshkosh!

You guys are awesome ! Question. Why drag the chute all the way back to the hanger ? When I was an USAF brat I'd sit at the end of the flightline and watch the Phantom IIs land. They make a wide U turn at the end of the runway, run up the engines to inflate the chute then release it to blow off into the grass. A guy would come out and pick them all up.

I like your T-shirt (at 1:33) :)

This is a video where I’d like to put about 5 ‘likes’, but I can only click 1. 😄. Excellent!!

Fantastic! Do you fly with live seats?

I believe this only the 2nd flying F100 the other one being in Fort Wayne Indiana.

To bad you didn’t have anybody at the beginning of the runway to record the sound of the afterburner lighting up and hearing the boom that all those century series fighters did except for the 104 which had the J 79

It's time to find an F-8.....

Please tell me this will be at OSH this year!!!