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There Was No Way a P-51 Could Replace the A-10
War is Boring ^

Posted on 12/17/2014 8:16:56 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT

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1 posted on 12/17/2014 8:16:57 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT
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To: DUMBGRUNT

The race 10 titanium alloy bathtub cockpit underside is hard to match or beat. Its fun to watch A 10 pilots practicing over semis and motorhomes on I 10 outside of Davis Month an AFB in Tucson. The drivers are totally unaware.


2 posted on 12/17/2014 8:22:20 PM PST by Sasparilla
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Race? Dang auto correct.


3 posted on 12/17/2014 8:23:24 PM PST by Sasparilla
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To: DUMBGRUNT

ah! the A-10 Thunderbolt II (aka Warthog) : one of the safest, most-reliable combat aircraft ever built.

But dang it! the girl wasn’t hit with the ugly stick, she was the ugly stick’s momma!


4 posted on 12/17/2014 8:28:04 PM PST by txnativegop (Tired of liberals, even a few in my own family.)
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It isn’t pretty like a fighter, but it does have a beauty all its own.


5 posted on 12/17/2014 8:30:02 PM PST by wrench
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To: DUMBGRUNT

The WartHog is like a helicopter, but more aerodynamic and way less counter intuitive.


6 posted on 12/17/2014 8:30:21 PM PST by Paladin2
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P-51 Mustang?


7 posted on 12/17/2014 8:32:06 PM PST by Mmogamer (I refudiate the lamestream media, leftists and their prevaricutions.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Saddam’s fearless republican guard was scared sh!tless of the A-10.


8 posted on 12/17/2014 8:33:07 PM PST by miliantnutcase
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The US could use a poppy crop duster in Afghanistan for 20 years or so.

Firing plenty-o-bullets through a prop is a definite problem.

9 posted on 12/17/2014 8:36:01 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: Mmogamer

High speed crop duster.


10 posted on 12/17/2014 8:36:38 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: wrench

When I saw the first pic, I thought it was a late N model with some mods.

What might have worked was to have based it on the Grumman F7F or F8F platforms. I love what ifs . . . they never end. :)


11 posted on 12/17/2014 8:37:23 PM PST by txnativegop (Tired of liberals, even a few in my own family.)
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To: miliantnutcase

I’m scared poopless of the A-10, aren’t you?


12 posted on 12/17/2014 8:38:09 PM PST by txnativegop (Tired of liberals, even a few in my own family.)
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The PA-48 was cheap because it was simple. Like, World War II simple. The Enforcer actually began as the Turbo Mustang, which Cavalier Aircraft Corporation developed in the late 1960s with the P-51 as a starting point. More than a decade later, Cavalier sold the rights to Piper, which renamed the plane as the Enforcer.


13 posted on 12/17/2014 8:39:15 PM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Transfer the A10 to the Army.


14 posted on 12/17/2014 8:39:27 PM PST by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: Paladin2

nope, a simple interrupter mechanism, perfected in WW1.

some of the german planes were firing 23’s and 30’s through the prop.


15 posted on 12/17/2014 8:39:56 PM PST by txnativegop (Tired of liberals, even a few in my own family.)
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To: wrench

“It isn’t pretty like a fighter, but it does have a beauty all its own.”

If it is supporting troops on the ground, it is the most serenely beautiful airplane that they have ever seen in their lives, I’ll bet. Definitely better looking than tiny contrails 30,000 feet high.


16 posted on 12/17/2014 8:40:41 PM PST by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
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To: wrench

A face only a grunt could love.


17 posted on 12/17/2014 8:43:04 PM PST by Dead Dog
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To: DUMBGRUNT

The A-10 is the red-headed stepchild of the Air Force.


18 posted on 12/17/2014 8:45:12 PM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: txnativegop

I have a nerd boner for it.


19 posted on 12/17/2014 8:47:23 PM PST by miliantnutcase
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just don’t get it caught in the intakes! LOL


20 posted on 12/17/2014 8:50:22 PM PST by txnativegop (Tired of liberals, even a few in my own family.)
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