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The A10 was known to be a very tough aircraft. A relative who worked in aerospace told me that an A10 returned from a mission with one engine blown off. The pilot kind of sits in an IRON TUB to protect, according to the same source. By comparison, helicopters are much more fragile -- but they try to make helicopters survivable...

45 posted on 09/01/2018 6:25:56 PM PDT by topher (America, please Do The Right Thing!)
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The pilot kind of sits in an IRON TUB to protect, according to the same source.

The tub is made of Titanium. Lighter and stronger.

63 posted on 09/01/2018 8:47:34 PM PDT by OldMissileer (Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
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It’s made of Titanium.


64 posted on 09/01/2018 8:48:16 PM PDT by mabarker1 (congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!!)
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The tub is titanium.


86 posted on 09/02/2018 6:46:58 AM PDT by AFreeBird
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Pilot sits in a titanium tub. The A-10 was designed to bring back the pilot no matter what!


94 posted on 09/02/2018 9:47:55 AM PDT by null and void (McCain is dead but his ego lives on.)
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