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To: C19fan

Give the A10s to the Marines. I wonder if they could be modified for carrier landings and takeoffs. :-)


6 posted on 04/23/2015 7:10:07 AM PDT by meatloaf
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To: meatloaf

It probably could, but very expensive.

Front gear is offset.
Rear gear is wing mounted, not fuselage.

You’d have to beef up the entire fuselage and wing root out to the gear.

Then you have to fold or swing the outer wing for storage.

Don’t see it happening.

You’d be better off with a new design from the ground up, and I don’t see that happening either.


8 posted on 04/23/2015 7:29:41 AM PDT by AFreeBird
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