Detailed tour around a Republic F-105 Thunderchief - Century Series Ep. 5

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Join me in this guided walkaround tour of Thud, a Republic F105 Wild Weasel on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force.


Century Series videos:
Ep.1 North American F-100 Super Sabre:
Ep. 2 McDonnell F-101 Voodo:
Ep. 3 Convair F-102 Delta Dagger:
Ep.4 Lockheed F-104 Starfighter:
Ep. 5 Republic F-105 Thunderchief: THIS VIDEO
Ep. 6 Convair F-106 Delta Dart: coming soon

Other videos:
Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit prototype:
Lockheed YF-12A tour:
Tour around the Northrop YF-23 in Dayton:
F-117 Nighthawk:
Airbus A300 guided tour:
Concorde guided tour:
Saturn V rocket guided tour:
Duxford Air Museum guided tour:
Tuoplev Tu-144 guided tour:
American Air Museum guided tour:
Vickers Super VC10:
Tupolev Tu144:
de Havilland Comet 4:
Avro Vulcan tour and engine run:
SAM 26000 VC-137C:
Lockheed VC-121E “Columbine III”:
Douglas VC-54C “Sacred Cow” :
The first Boeing 737 tour:
The first Boeing 727 tour:
Tour around the first Boeing 747 in Seattle:
Lockheed YF-12A tour:
Tour around a Saturn V rocket in Houston:
Tour around the Northrop YF-23 in Dayton:
Detailed tour around the Lockheed F-22 Raptor:
F-117 Nighthawk:
NASA Shuttle Carrier Aircraft 747-100:
Space Shuttle Orbiter:
Hughes H-4 Hercules "Spruce Goose":
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress:
Boeing B-29 Superfortress:
Convair B-36 Peacemaker:
Boeing B-47 Stratojet:
Convair B-58 Hustler:
North American XB-70 Valkryie:
North American X-15:
BAC Concorde:
Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird:
Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit:
Grumman F-14 Tomcat:
Tour around a Titan II missile silo on Tucson:
Tour through an AVRO Lancaster bomber:
Tour through a QANTAS Boeing 747-200B: ​
Tour through a QANTAS Boeing 707-138: ​
Tour through a Douglas DC-3:
Tour through a USAF Boeing B-52:
USAF/RAAF General Dynamics F-111:
RAAF CAC Avon Sabre:
RAAC CAC Dassault Mirage III:
100 years of QANTAS aircraft on display at the Qantas Founders Museum: ​
Tour through the first ever Boeing 747 in Seattle: ​
Tour through Concorde: ​
Onboard the LAST EVER Qantas Boeing 747 flight in Canberra: ​
Tour through a DeHavilland Comet 4 at the Duxford IMW: ​


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0:00 intro
0:20 Century series summary
0:52 background and YF-105A
1:55 start at nose, ECM and forward camera
2:16 M61A1 Vulcan 6-barrel Gatling cannon
2:48 nose landing gear and radar reflector
3:15 novel air-intakes
4:14 wing
5:01 AGM-45 Shrike anti-radar missile
5:41 auxiliary fuel tanks and bombay
6:15 main landing gear
6:37 tail end
7:40 Pratt & Whitney J75-P-19W afterburning turbojet engine and unique tail petals
8:38 Wild Weasel role
8:45 SA-2 anti-aircraft system
9:45 ECM pod
10:16 General Dynamics AGM-78 anti-radiation missile
10:49 air to air refueling
11:00 cockpit
11:29 F-105 D Memphis Bell II
11:55 nuclear launch button
12:04 Thud nickname