[jazusamo]

I'll never forget the photo of an A-10 that a pilot flew back to base in Saudi Arabia and landed safely in the Gulf War that was literally shot to pieces. How it kept flying was a real mystery but it did.

[NormsRevenge]

Decorated pilot speaks in Santa Clara - A-10 Warthog Gal
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1594330/posts

some pics here of shot up A-10
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1594330/posts?page=4#4

[Westlander]

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

Because it was a republic design.nuff said

[HamiltonJay]

The warthog can take an amazing pounding and stay in the air... So could the old WWII bombers.

One of the projects a place I worked for was working on was software to "nutral stick" for fighters... so that even after sustaining heavy damage, the pilot could still fly the craft with stick neutral.... IE: If the damage caused a hard left ya, the software would compensate for it, and the pilot could fly with stick in middle position to stay level, instead of having to keep the stick hard right to compensate for the yaw....

Basically he didn't have to fight to keep the craft level, but fly as he normally would.

[null and void]

I'll never forget the photo of an A-10 that a pilot flew back to base in Saudi Arabia and landed safely in the Gulf War that was literally shot to pieces. How it kept flying was a real mystery but it did.

She is a really good pilot.