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Fighter Pilot Podcast

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Fighter Pilot Podcast

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

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

4.92.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2021

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

A discussion on an interceptor designed in the late 1940's to launch nuclear-tipped air-to-air missiles at invading Soviet bombers. 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

0:13.5

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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 what the GI Bill may not.

0:27.0

To find out more, visit NU.D.U. forward slash VET.

0:31.0

On January 17, 1969, a fighter pilot ejected near the border of North Vietnam and Laos.

0:38.0

The series of events that followed are almost beyond belief.

0:42.0

The high-speed ejection had caused my limbs to flail so violently that

0:47.0

elbows were dislocated and the forearms were pushed about halfway up on the inside of each arm.

0:53.6

It's a story of tragedy, courage, and valor,

0:57.6

told by the men who lived through two of the most infamous days

1:00.9

of the Vietnam Air War.

1:03.0

3 30 in the morning when I learned went off and I got out for one of the damnedest days I ever saw in my

1:10.0

whole life.

1:11.0

Harry is a podcast that tells this incredible story. life. W. Harry Stories.com. This is the fighter pilot podcast, episode one or one.

1:25.0

This is the Fighter Pilot Podcast episode 101.

1:32.0

This week, the Century Series kicks off with a look at the

1:35.2

early 50s interceptor whose pilots were trained to launch nuclear-tipped missiles

1:40.1

at invading Soviet bombers, possibly ram them as a last resort, and even to fly an anticipated

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