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To: usconservative
The A-10 can lose (not all at once) half a wing, an engine, or the elevator on one side, and still fly.

Also, the cockpit is surrounded by a titanium "bathtub" to protect the pilot from ground fire.

It was designed to survive these:


32 posted on 01/26/2021 5:42:14 PM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: DuncanWaring
Also, the cockpit is surrounded by a titanium "bathtub" to protect the pilot from ground fire.

Yep, I remember that. What a great purpose built plane!

35 posted on 01/26/2021 5:48:41 PM PST by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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