FPP050 - F-8 Crusader

Fighter Pilot Podcast

Tucker "Cinco" Hamilton, Retired U.S. Air Force Fighter Test Pilot

History, Society & Culture, Leisure, Personal Journals, Aviation, Government, Technology

4.9 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2019

⏱️ 83 minutes

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A discussion of a Vietnam-era supersonic jet best known as the "last of the gunfighters." Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-fighter-pilot-podcast/donations

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0:00.0	Thanks to our sponsor National University.
0:02.3	National University knows how important flexibility is for busy adults going back to school.
0:06.8	After all, NU was founded by a U.S. Navy veteran.
0:09.6	That's why NU offers year-round enrollment as well as four and eight-week online
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0:17.2	field so veterans and service members can advance their careers.
0:20.1	NU is a yellow ribbon school and accepts the post-911 GI Bill while offering veterans help to cover
0:25.6	what the GI Bill may not.
0:27.1	To find out more, visit NU.EDU.
0:31.6	This is the Fighter Pilot podcast episode 50. This week we will discuss the Vietnam
0:36.2	era fighter that enjoyed a 19 to 3 kill ratio best for its time and also ushered in
0:41.8	the age of air-to-air missiles. We will be talking with
0:44.4	retired Navy commander Jerry Turkey Tucker. The F-8 was the last of the gunfighters.
0:51.5	No, nothing could beat the F8.
0:55.6	And I know that because I flew all the others.
0:58.2	If I had a fight that I had to go where my life was on the line. I would be there by myself, fully loaded, 20 millimeter
1:07.0	in the middle. Be first we got a little bit.
1:14.0	A lot back where I'm going to go.
1:16.0	A lot and call on this place.
1:18.0	The man up there is a car on one point in time.
1:21.0	A lot of time.
1:22.0	Hoh, we're going to be here. Welcome to the Fighter Pilot Podcast, the Internet Radio Show that
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