A-10 Thunderbolt Walkaround

Maj. Cody "ShIV" Wilton give the most detailed walkaround tour of the A-10 I've ever seen. I can't thank "ShIV" enough for spending time on a very hot Texas day to make this video!!

[tensecondtwoii]

This vid should be the ** STANDARD ** by which all other walkaround presenters strive to achieve. This pilot described EVERYTHING one would ever have a question on. Absolutely everything!!!

[Chuckmeister]

This isn't a walk around...its a documentary. Thanks to everyone involved for putting this together. And Mr Wilton could do this (presenting) as a career change. Well done on the content.

[mboiko]

Great video...
My Dad (passed 8/2019) was an engineer on the A-10 at Fairchild Republic in the town I grew up in Farmingdale, New York. This video brought back a lot of memories. I was there when the first prototype was loaded on a C5A transport for testing out west and I remember the day when one of the first planes was lost at the Paris Airshow. I remember asking him once about any difficult design decisions...he said: "yes, getting the vertical height of the engines just right". My brother and I always had questions for him sitting around the dinner table...most he would just brush off by saying "it's coming along just fine" and it turned out...he was right.

[Valerii]

Amazing speaker, amazing engineering! My favourite plane in DCS.

[Fudgieguys]

I retire USAF and my last 18 months was working on the A-10 at Davis-Monthan AFB, Avionics the A-10. Simple machine. I was assigned to the 355 TFW.

[farche]

Maj. Wilton is an amazing narrator. Intelligence leaps off of every word.

[farqitol]

What an absolute legend Major Wilton is.
The passion he has for his aircraft and the joy he gets from sharing that with others is almost contagious!
And all in language that armchair generals like myself can understand.
I tip my hat to you good sir.

[mycoolbeernuts]

This is a total Master Class of the A-10 - Walkaround - This should be the standard for all walk around videos. Great job Maj. Wilton.

[moparguy]

Very proud to have been a tech in the building of the A-10 in Farmingdale, New York.

[jameskorotko]

The backup systems got a backup which is backed up by a backup.
This is absolutely the best a10 documentary I've ever seen thank you.

[thewarthogproject]

Absolutely outstanding video. I've watched it 5 times and I keep seeing something new each time!

[terryfoust]

Very Well Done Maj. Cody! Thank You And All The Service Men And Women That Protect US.

[sirwes]

Ever since i was little I've always had a fascination with the A-10. It's the most unique airframe, and the most distinctive sound. I was born in 81 and i still love the A-10 more than any other aircraft.

[kevinc]

As an US Army vet who served in Iraq in 04 and 07, I remember numerous times while on patrol looking up to the sky hearing and seeing fighter aircraft flying above us. Knowing that EVERY single aircraft above us were friendlies and those of us on the ground never had to worry about enemy aircraft attacking us from the air with the USAF securing the airspace. And with CAS like the A-10 nearby ready to bring overwhelming firepower to any enemy that tried to attack us, it made those of us fighting on the ground fight harder and more offensively. We could just focus on our mission to find and kill the enemy. The one thing that beats seeing an A-10 flying low overhead doing just a show of force knowing the enemy will break contact and run rather then stay and die is hearing that A-10's gun rip. The only things an American soldier wants to see flying overhead is an A-10 flying low and our American flag flying high on a pole.

[JewelzFin]

I'm just now seeing this on Christmas; after the kids have gone to bed. Now it's just me, my fancy whiskey, favorite holiday cigar and a video that has made this the best Christmas gift this year. I feel like a half drunk little boy. And I thank you

[towedarray]

This is amazing. Love how he was technical and used acronyms and assumed we could figure it out. He assumed a certian level of knowledge and he was right to do that. This is an excellent DETAILED walkthrough and very very informative. I’m just a DCS guy with no real world experience but I relatively know my stuff... or at least I thought I did! No really this was incredible. THANK YOU to all involved.

[straightshooter]

This plane is the master of redundancy. The mind(s) when this was engineered thought of everything. I am an engineer by trade and would’ve loved to be a fly on the wall in that design meeting. VERY IMPRESSIVE!!!! Plus, this video is the best. A+ to the whole crew and to the pilot, thank you sir for the school today. I wanted to go into aeronautical engineering but got stuck in mechanical. Great job to both. 👍👍👍

[jtveg]

Thanks for such a thorough walkaround and description of the A10s systems.

[sabre-ubop]

So much respect for these badass pilots....there's not any other profession that compares

[sski]

The A-10, F-4 Phantom, AD-1 Skyraider, and F4-U are my favorite military aircraft of American vintage. This A-10 walk-around was excellent.