In this episode we spoke with RT about his flying career, acquiring and restoring Swamp Fox P-51 Mustang, how hard it is to fly the P-51 Mustang, Airshows and displays and loads of aviation fun and trivia!
Who Is RT Dickson?
👉🏻 RT Dickson grew up flying with his father and in the general aviation community. He began flying airshows in 1992 in a TEMCO T-35 Buckaroo that the family still owns today. The Dickson’s consider themselves trustees of this important piece of history and want to preserve it by honoring all those past, present and future that have served the U.S. Armed Forces. The Dickson family is a supporter of the USAF and Air National Guard. RT and Swamp Fox has been known to frequent 169FW, 4FW, 20FW 159FW, 123AW, among other units for special events, unit support activities, and air shows.
THINGS WE DISCUSSED:
00:00 Talk4 EP 074 intro by Louis Skupien
00:34 Who is RT Dickson?
01:28 How did RT Dickson start flying?
05:00 History of Swamp Fox P-51 and acquiring it
13:00 How many G's do you pull in the P-51 Mustang
17:15 Flying in the F16
18:55 Taking the WW2 OG pilot flying again in the P-51
24:50 Favourite place to go flying and best airshows
32:54 F22 Raptor VS F15 Eagle
37:37 RT Dickson & Swamp Fox P-51 social media and website
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🌍 RT & Swamp Fox's Links:
👉🏻 Swamp Fox P-51 https://www.instagram.com/swampfoxp51...
👉🏻 Swamp Fox P-51 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SwampFoxP51/
👉🏻 Swamp Fox P-51 Twitter https://twitter.com/swampfoxp51
👉🏻 Swamp Fox P-51 https://www.swampfoxp51.com
