U.S. AIR FORCE THUNDERBIRDS “ CROSS OVER “ F-100 SUPER SABRE TOU OF LATIN AMERICA PART 2 15164

Part 1: Love our channel? Help us save and post more orphaned films! Support us on Patreon: Even a really tiny contribution can make a difference. This color promotional film is about the U.S. Air Force Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Thunderbirds, making a tour of Latin America including Guatemala, Chile, Paraguay and Brazil. This is circa March 1961 to June 1963 when the Thunderbirds were flying the F-100 Super Sabre and led by Col. Ralph “Hoot“ Gibson. Chile. Spectators watch in awe as the planes fly by. A solider on horseback watches as well. Plaza Baquedano, Santiago, Chile :32. Organ grinder plays and a monkey dances. Thunderbird planes fly in formation. Children look up and laugh. Crew chief of the Thunderbird planes shakes hands (:06-1:43). Aeropuerto Internacional Presidente Stroessner in Luque, Paraguay (1:21). One of the men holds a gift, a model of the team’s support aircraft. The pilots meet with foreign dignitaries who m