Cessna A-37 'Dragonfly' Attack Jet!

My Uncle flew the A-37A out of Bien Hoa 1967-69. Was part of the original test program. He stated they would shut down one engine to give them more time in the air. He stated he ran out of fuel while taxiing in after a extended mission due to weather.

I flew that bad boy in the Honduras Air Force for 6 years doing a maritime patrol and counter drug operations, the tucanos would get the Cessnas, and we would chase after the king airs. In the nose it has a Gatling minigun, the fastest gun in town. I will never forget the time when my left engine ate one of those screens when it was cycling up after a touch and go. Colombia, Chile, Uruguay, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras among other Latin American countries operate that airplane to this day. I got some formation and Air Show stuff in my channel from back in the day. You made my day Juan!

What a great guy to talk to. Full of info and no holding back. Outstanding !! Thanks Juan for sharing this one with us. Good job !!

We have been fortunate to have a couple of these jets flying for many years here in Australia. They are something to see in terms of performance.

The max indicated airspeed for the A-37 is 415 kts. When I first flew the aircraft in USAF Test Pilot school, I was initially worried that I would easily exceed that speed. Turns out that although the aircraft had plenty of thrust, the drag went up so fast that exceeding the airspeed limit wasn’t really a problem. It also still has one of the most uncomfortable ejection seats I have flown.

Here in Uruguay the A-37B Dragonfly is active and flying, and as far as I know there is a fleet of about 10.

Wow nice to see a real A-37! Pretty sure my father probably flew that aircraft in Vietnam. He was one of the first instructor pilots with the A-37 and the Vietnamese A1 Skyraiders. He told me about the day time flight when they were just flying along the Ho Chi Minh trail and they got hit by gunfire in the tail because they were both taking pictures and each thought the other was flying and were pretty low. Must have been a good moment when they both looked at each other holding their cameras! The way may dad told the story was funny! I remember that Tiger Head insignia on the tail, it was also on the Skyraider's engine cowl they flew. He brought back hundreds of pictures from bombing Ho Chi Minh trail and the beautiful Vietnamese countryside. He used an Olympus Pen 35mm camera from the cockpit. He had so many stories from flying with the South Vietnamese. I remember we went to the Air Base to see him off and the sound from those engines I still remember splitting my skull, and I was an Air Force brat used to the sound of jets even from base housing sometimes close to the flight line. I hope to see it at an airport some day.

we have a couple of dozen A-37 dragonflies in the republic of El Salvador in Central America, an honor to keep these machines in service of the defense of El Salvador, Kudos great video

I worked in the Wichita factory while they were being built. It was cool watching them roll off of the factory floor

Many misinformations and assumptions about an A-37 being a glorified 'TweeT' done away with, in this video, for thousands who flew the "TweeT' in UPT! Great video.

New bucket list item that I would've never imagined possible until now: Sit quietly and listen to a couple fellows called Brownie and Huggy talk about any subject at all. Two thumbs up, Juan!

Hell yeah. One of the coolest and rarest warbirds. Thank you for sharing this!

Proud aircraft, proud pilot & proud content creator! I like that bird... speaking of birds, the anti-fod grates are super feature for those low slung intakes, they nestle away nicely. If you didn't know they were there, they'd be easy to miss. Integrated well with the a/c design. Thx for taking us to the show Juan!

I was lucky enough to get an incentive ride in one of these at Davis Montana Air Force base. I was A10 crew chief with the 357th at the time. Had a great time.

I flew the "Tweet" in UPT Class 68F. Just threw away my T-37 /T-38 checklists a few months ago while getting rid of stuff I do not need after 47 years of professional flying. Now live aboard my boat where storage space is a premium . Thanks for the tour of the Dragonfly. I did own a T-28B for 6 years and found it to be a great aircraft for aerobatics and airshows. It's now doing airshows in Germany and Belgium.

You're talking about the smell... going through my late father's belongings I found a cargo net... nice heavy duty net... so I decided to use it to hold all of the teak sailboat wood for a small boat I'm building. I loaded it up and hung it from the overhead in the shop, and as I was tying it off I caught a whiff of something that smelled..... wonderful.... avgas. The net smells like avgas... it was the net he and mom used in Alaska for their bush flying and hunting. So many good memories center around that smell.

I can listen to Huggy and Juan shoot the breeze all day. What an amazing restoration, great job Charlie! Hope I get to see it in person some day, I've heard the sound is very unique.

There's a T-37 in the boneyard of Yank's Air Museum, Chino, CA. I got to examine that airframe pretty closely some years back.

I love this gentlemen's passion and energy.

I've loved these little birds ever since I first saw one at the AF Museum at Wright-Patterson. I'm very happy you shared this one with us.