A-10 Last Texas Airshow

Start. Post. T-65, he's going in for the photo pass now. He's at the approach 10 to 10. Copy, sonar radio line. Thank you. T-65, you're cleared to land runway 10, Windsor 090 at niner, gust 14. Cleared to land 056. Alright, boss, T-65 is going to make one more orbit and then we'll be inbound for the Missing Man pass. Copy that. Jeremy, you hear that? Boss, sound, you'll call Missing Man, correct? T-65, do you want me to call it or are you all going to call the pool? We can call the pool. Okay, sound, listen for the pool from the T-65, please. Boss, sound, 53 seconds on that echo tap. Did you copy that, T-65? No, relay it for us. 56 seconds, he said, for tap. Okay, I'll call tap. That's fine, I got that, Aaron. So, Aaron, twist detection is right beach to runway 10 right now. Alright, perfect. Altitude, altitude. Boss, safety radio check. Flaps clear, honey. Flaps clear. Tog, head you up. Here, boss, Tog, radio check. Tog, loud and clear. Okay, Tog, you can taxi to runway 10 via Alpha. Tog. Loud and clear. Taxi in to... What is this, 10? Paradise Flight. Yep, Paradise Flight. Taxi to runway 10 via Alpha. Roger that. Hey, good afternoon, everyone. It's Major Lindsey Madd-Johnson, A-10 Demo Team Commander and Pilot. It's an honor for me to be able to take you guys along on a ride in my favorite airplane, the A-10 Thunderbolt II, also known as the Warthog. It's my home away from home. I love this airplane. And I hope you guys enjoy this awesome video that Eric has put together for us. Super large crowd out here. Tog, it's pre-takeoff check completed. I've got GoPros on. GoPros on. Tog's taking the runway. I've got you in sight. Tog, it's lineup check complete. Altimeter set 3,000 feet. HSI set 285. Bug set. Nav mode. Safety. Running them up. Speedbrake. Speedbrake. Tog's rolling. Check. Check. Alrighty, altimeter check. Tog is airborne. Showing 4.4 on the gas and balance. Looks like one is basically straight down the runway at 10 knots. I need about 30 more seconds. Just getting a little more altitude. Ready. Toughness, tenacity, and devastating goodness. The people who know it best, the pilots who fly it, and service members who maintain it, have all unofficially dubbed it the Warthog. Copy Warthog's inbound attack. One. Eight, four, one, seventy. Seven, six, four. Eight, four, one, seventy. Continue. Six, five, one, eighty. Continue. Five, one, seventy. Continue. Seven, five, one, sixty. Continue. There's the... Let's go to the cockpit, AA-10, and here what Major Johnson has to say. Hey, good afternoon, everyone. On behalf of the A-10 demo team, it's an absolute honor to perform one of our final A-10 demos out here in Midland, Texas. I want to thank all you guys for coming out. On behalf of Staff Sergeant Gabriel Gonzalez from Anna, Texas, this is a hometown show for him. He wanted to give a special shout-out to his family, Pamela, Joel, and his little brother, Derek, for coming out. He loves you guys. Thank you, guys. Attack. Speedbrakes, speedbrakes. Now, in the open, at show center, no mark, friendly, south, one-five-zero meters, egress, back to your hold. Remarks, restrictions, east to west, whips down to reciprocal. Ready, readback. Hog, readback, two-eight-five-four feet, show center, west to east to reciprocal. Hog one, go to readback, whips are ready. Hogs, I see him now. Hog one is up and in from the west. Hog one, continue. Hog one, clear hot. Copy, cleared hot. Altitude, altitude. Hog one, good effects, good effects, good effects, request immediate re-attack. Same remarks, same restrictions. Hog one copies, I'll be in from the east in thirty seconds. Hogs it. Hog one, continue. Hog one, clear hot. Altitude, altitude. Beautiful. That was dope. Airboss, Pyro. Pyro, boss. I had one strike that didn't go. We're going to pull the gas and just put it all in one pile and we'll shoot it when we leave the field here in a little bit. Okay, cool. Let me know before you do that, please, so I can make sure my plane's out of the way. Okay, I'm going to be headed back with the A-10 board and I will have my team call me and tell me if I can relay it to you. Copy. Three to go. Two to go. I lost you, but I'm fifteen hundred. I got your visual now. You know, if you need to offset to the right a little bit because of the smoke, that should be fine. Last pass, visual to Mustang. Turn inbound. Out.