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Cool video of the C-130 "Four Horsemen"


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#1 Rocker

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Posted 26 July 2012 - 07:58 PM

Pretty neat old school video I found on Youtube:


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Posted 26 July 2012 - 08:20 PM

"Man! Look at that skinny strip. It looks like a Chinese railroad track."

What would happen in today's Air Force is someone said that? <------Rhetorical

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Posted 26 July 2012 - 08:40 PM

Holy shit, that was awesome. Especially the end where the dude picks up the chick in the sports car.

I don't think those 69 year old Captains are AAD complete and they seem to be enjoying life.
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Posted 26 July 2012 - 10:06 PM

NICE! wish we could still do stuff like that!

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Posted 26 July 2012 - 10:40 PM

The USAF & America was at an apex when this video was made... my we have fallen...
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Posted 27 July 2012 - 01:02 AM

"#4 gets off a few seconds before the rest of us" *Grade school snicker*

Pretty bad-ass video. Good to have you back on the board, Rocker. That being said, I think I'm going to start wearing my cunt cap under my headset... And when driving a convertible for that matter.

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Posted 27 July 2012 - 10:10 AM

Cool vid--hadn't heard of these guys before.

Did they really just use whatever four aircraft were available? No dedicated tail for their use?

View PostUSAFPilot, on 05 March 2012 - 01:35 PM, said:

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Posted 27 July 2012 - 11:01 AM

Ah the good ol' days....


Next time you guys go flying, start talking "old school" like that on the radio...that will really throw people off.
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Posted 27 July 2012 - 11:58 AM

 b52gator, on 27 July 2012 - 11:01 AM, said:

Ah the good ol' days....


Next time you guys go flying, start talking "old school" like that on the radio...that will really throw people off get you shit on in debrief.


FIFY. Great flying in the video, but downgrades all around for comms.

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Posted 27 July 2012 - 01:20 PM

Apparently the media was getting it wrong back then too:

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Lockheed also made a documentary called Hercules And The Four Horsemen. Thousands of feet of footage were shot of the team flying their demonstration over the Grand Canyon and near Williams AFB outside Phoenix, Arizona. The result was a movie the Horsemen really disliked.

The movie producers used actors, including one with a harsh nasal voice, to spout ridiculous dialog, rather than use the crisp, precise radio calls the Horsemen actually made. That was irritating, but what was particularly galling to the team was that most of the footage was shot at an altitude of 10,000 feet so the aircraft would appear against the clouds.


More Info on the Four Horsemen:
http://www.codeonema...html?item_id=49

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Posted 27 July 2012 - 01:59 PM

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“We asked our wing commander if we could do something special at the end of the flyby,” Akin recalls.


Haha...love this quote!

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Posted 27 July 2012 - 05:04 PM

 Odium, on 27 July 2012 - 01:20 PM, said:

Apparently the media was getting it wrong back then too:



More Info on the Four Horsemen:
http://www.codeonema...html?item_id=49


Good find - I was wondering about the goofy comms, which seemed like they'd been dubbed in to begin with. Leave it with the media/Hollywood to dumb it down and screw it up in the name of entertainment for the masses.
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Posted 28 July 2012 - 04:35 AM

 Rocker, on 27 July 2012 - 05:04 PM, said:


Good find - I was wondering about the goofy comms, which seemed like they'd been dubbed in to begin with. Leave it with the media/Hollywood to dumb it down and screw it up in the name of entertainment for the masses.


Yes, I saw that when I read the article. I retract my comment from earlier in the thread. I'm a heavies guy and even I wanted to stab my computer listening to that nonsense.

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Posted 28 July 2012 - 07:57 AM

Nice find...I love vintage USAF films. One of my faves is this 1944 training film starring Don Porter:


Edited by VCQ09, 28 July 2012 - 07:58 AM.


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Posted 28 July 2012 - 01:45 PM

"You better call me Dick; we're going to be doing a lot of flying in the next few hours."

Strange, I think I once had an IP that started his briefs the same way...
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Posted 28 July 2012 - 07:40 PM

 VCQ09, on 28 July 2012 - 07:57 AM, said:

Nice find...I love vintage USAF films. One of my faves is this 1944 training film starring Don Porter:

Yeah, same here, this stuff is great. You get the sense that shit in the world just wasn't f*cked up like it seems now. Probably because there was no 24/7 mainstream media...
Here's one I've got the .wmv for on my computer - found it on You Tube as well just now:


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Posted 29 July 2012 - 03:00 PM

 Rocker, on 28 July 2012 - 07:40 PM, said:


Yeah, same here, this stuff is great. You get the sense that shit in the world just wasn't f*cked up like it seems now.

Unless you were black. Or Jewish. Or Russian. Or Chinese. Or...
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Posted 29 July 2012 - 04:24 PM

 Beaver, on 29 July 2012 - 03:00 PM, said:

Unless you were black. Or Jewish. Or Russian. Or Chinese. Or...

Depends on where you lived, I guess. Just like today...
Instead of some cerebral quote, I'll recommend the book "Fighter Pilot" about the legendary Robin Olds. Read it!

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Posted 29 July 2012 - 06:42 PM

 Beaver, on 29 July 2012 - 03:00 PM, said:

Unless you were black. Or Jewish. Or Russian. Or Chinese. Or...

I'd rather not see this thread digress into tit-for-tat social/political banter, but thank you for weighing in.

 pcola, on 29 July 2012 - 04:24 PM, said:

Depends on where you lived, I guess. Just like today...

Exactly.
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Posted 30 July 2012 - 12:02 AM

 Jughead, on 27 July 2012 - 10:10 AM, said:

Cool vid--hadn't heard of these guys before.

Did they really just use whatever four aircraft were available? No dedicated tail for their use?

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