Private F-5 first Flight following 8-Year Restoration 

Sono T38

You felt that T-O, didn't you ;)

You had an amazing life most only dream of .

Why is it set so low?

T38's donhave Wingtip launchers. But the Nose sure does look like a T38

F20 tigershark was a beauty, too !!!

For a time they were used as adversary aircraft at Top Gun School. They gave the F-15s and F-16s fits--often achieving a 2 to 1 kill advantage. They are much more nimble than the "F" jets and until 'stand off" missiles they were embarrassing the supposedly superior jets. This is a fighter we should still have i our inventory.

@@robertwatson818 I was one of the F-5 mechanics at VFC-13 in Fallon for 9 years. We were the squadron you are thinking of. At one time, we had 14 single seat F-5N's that we got from the Swiss and one two seat F-5F. They were such a good aircraft; simple, reliable and easy to work on. All our F-5's are gone and were replaced by 40 F-16A, B, C and D aircraft. For now, VFC-13's maintenance department is closed down while those of us that decided to transition are being retrained.

Here in Brazil we still flying them in a the last and more modern F5 model. F5EM and FM modernized by embraer.

They are not underrated in the least. Nobody badmouths the F5.

Same! Flown an old F-5 simulator, actually. True cockpit, instrument only though. Still interesting.

Canada has one of only a few flyable Lancaster bombers on the planet. Based at CYHM in Hamilton Ontario and it always looks like it's never seen a day of action in it's life. Even our A-block Hornets are in pretty decent condition considering they're almost near the end of their service life and they have seen a lot of action in multiple theatres of warfare.

Thanks Brad, I have worked on both the airframe and engine on this great bird. I truly loved my work on them😊

🙃 i was thinkin'bout that f-20🦈

@@sylencecured77 look's more like a t38 tbh

@@erik33107 Correct. The *CF-5D* Freedom Fighter is the Canadian built version of the _Northrup F-5B Freedom Fighter,_ whose two-seat version uses the Northrup T-38A *Talon* airframe with slightly more powerful engines, and wingtip pylon provisioning for tip tanks or alternatively, AIM-9 launch rails. Fun fact: The single seat *F-5A* is slightly _longer_ (47' 2") than the dual seat *F-5B* / *CF-5D* (46' 4") trainers given that the dual seat B/D models use the T-38 airframe as noted above. The F-5A, F-5B, xF-5A, xF-5D *Freedom Fighters* are the predecessors of the larger and more popular F-5E, F-5F *_Tiger II_*

@@oubrioko awesome share!

Negative, MiG-28s lol

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@@mk6315 no one's seen em up this close before mav

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​​​​@@mk6315😂 😂😂😂😂 and the other planes is a me 262

thanks! Jet Noise - sound of freedom baby.

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Same here!

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F20 tigershark was sexy, too ! another relative of the F5/T38

totally agree 👍👊

5,342 ft! My home airport has a 12,500ft and a 10,000 ft runway! I like to remind people that pretty much anywhere you go is going to be considered "short field" when you leave HSV.

After Vietnam fell the Soviets got a nasty surprise when they tested captured F5s against their own MiG-21.

@@viper2148 what was the surprise!!! Lol leave me on a cliffhanger begging for more are we😂

@@KeenanLacelle you asked...excerpt from Soviet Air Force test pilot Vladimir Kondaurov (clunky translation): "As I got to know the "Foreigner" I grew up in my respect to him both as to the flying machine and as to the fighter jet. Unapt to aggressive maneuvering when in "cruise" configuration (flaps and slats up), he would have changed when the pilot put it into the "maneuvering" configuration (flaps and slats down). Then from a heavy clodhopper he turned into a swallow. Checking out the capabilities of the optical sight, I enjoyed keeping the reticle on the target while attacking with a 6g pull, whereas on MiG-21 it would disappear from the view at 3g. After determining the basic specification we decided to set up for a mock air-to-air combat with MiG-21bis. I would fight on my "native" MiG-21, and Nikolay Stogov - on F-5. The close air combat started head-on in equal positions. Every flight ended with the same result: MiG-21 lost, although he had much higher thrust-to-weight ratio. I laid myself out just to keep the initial position. I took the most out of the aircraft, took all he could give, but the targeting angle grew steadily and in a few minutes the "bandit" was on my tail. Only tactics could save me. What I was stricken by the most is that the result of the mock fights took not only the generals by surprise (one could explain this somehow), but also the military research departments of the Air Force and even the aviation engineers. They would review the data records for thousand times, ask the pilots, especially me. Frankly, I was somewhat confused as well, but when I tried the F-5, I realized that it was not an ordinary one. So, what was happening in flight? At the speeds of 800 km/h (430 kts) and above the fight was on equal terms, nobody had explicit advantages, but the fighting was not literally maneuvering because of the large radii of the maneuvers. We would both stay at the equal maximum allowable g-loads. Whilst at the speeds below 750 km/h (400 kts) one couldn't sustain these g-loads even with the afterburner. And the lower the speed was the faster it decayed, thus lowering the maximum available g-load. It turned out that the aerodynamics was what won the day, not the thrust/weight ratio."

@@viper2148 wow thank you so much that's such a cool excerpt. Is that from a book somewhere I could read more about. That's really fascinating

@@KeenanLacelle I’m not sure where that translation came from. I found it on a forum, but have seen numerous references to it. It’s one of the post-Cold War declassified gems we now have access to. I’m glad you enjoyed it.

CF-5, if I remember correctly, but that profile sure looks like a T-38 to me.

@@FighterPilotPodcast IIRC, Canadair did a few mods to the overall design. Officially, it's known as the CF-116. A models were single seat, D models were trainers. They used to be used as the lead-in trainers for the CF-188.

Canada has never operated T-38 actually. Their CF-5D is F-5B, which is basically armed T-38 with wingtip rail/tank. There's no T-38 with wingtip rail or tank, that's the easiest way to tell T-38 and F-5B apart.

You're welcome!

WRONG. That title belongs to the Tomcat..as the "REAL LAST Gunfighter"

@@ghostrider1827 Wrong, that title was coined by pilots of the F-8 Crusader. The F-14 came along after they reintroduced building fighters with a cannon after the brass realized leaving it off the F-4 was ridiculous.

@@johnhickman106 I KNOW when it was coined. And then came... THE TOMCAT. The last of the real analog fighters ... everything after is FBW.

@@ghostrider1827 GOOD FOR YOU. The name Last Gunfighter has nothing to do with analog though so keep going down this ridiculous path. So you have a soft spot for the F-14. The F-15 was right there with it as an analog fighter, genius. Since the F-15 first flew two years after the Tomcat’s first flight, that would make it, the last one based on your logic.

@@ghostrider1827 Nothing else from "Mr. I KNOW"?

Wow…haven’t heard that name since the late eighties….worked the microwave links at the end of the runway area…used watch the U2’s land with the chase cars….what site!!!

Best assignment I ever had overseas! 1979-1982

San Diego 😉

Will do better next time.

. . . Jet A in the morning - smells like victory. . .

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Except you probably flew the T-38. While this looks similar, it's actually a Canadian-built CF-5D.

@@FighterPilotPodcast True. Looks like what I remember from T-38's, but I'm sure these had more power.

Is it? Wouldn't know. ...but what does that have to do with this?

Looks can be deceiving.

Hi, what is AWACKS ? And with lighting up you turn the radar on ?

T38 also has lower thrust from the engines

I worked on B and F models at Willie for 8 years in the AF and for NWASI then Yuma for a few months. Those -13 Motors are DOGS compared to the-21s on the Es. I got 2 rides at Willie once in a B then in an F model we flew to Miramar and I flew without a G Suit when we pitched out to land those 5 Gs I REALLY felt on my legs! It was a BLAST and the other F model Ground aborted because of High EGT but we STILL took off! The Capt I flew with eventually became a General at Langley " SUEDE" Dylewski ,,,,, AWESOME guy!

F5 and T38 are totally different airplanes that just look similar.

@@sanfranciscobay The *F-5B* uses the T-38 fuselage, the _F-5A_ does not. The original F-5 Freedom Fighter wings, engines and avionics are indeed different from the T-38

@@oubrioko From what I remember, the 2 airplanes look similar/almost identical but there are no exterior panels and interior frame parts that are interchangeable. Meaning they are 2 completely different airplanes.

Correct, and check the video description for the airport.

I worked E,F and Bs at Williams Afb and we tried that removing Tip Tanks and weapons put on missile rails instead but they were still DOGS with those T-38 motors!!-13s compared to -21s on the Es and Fs!

I was the last Sqn Ops O when we retired the upgraded jets. Flew mostly with tip tanks and only rails with centerline tank for air to air trg. The upgrade package was awesome. Shame we had to retire them so early but politics dictated otherwise.

Looks like another F-5/T-38....they taxied out together.

F-5Bs (former Canadian CF-5Ds) Freedom Fighters

Since the F-14 was retired in 2006 they have been entering our airspace at will. Nobody can stop them.

I wish!

absolutely . .

Not if you have a good mechanic!😅