I wish I had gone that route. Side note: One of my teachers was on the design team for the A-10Originally Posted by Paper
I know, that's what I plan on doing :P
A-10 here I come
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I wish I had gone that route. Side note: One of my teachers was on the design team for the A-10I know, that's what I plan on doing :P
A-10 here I come
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That's awsome, I love that thing. The F-22 might be the sleekest, most advanced fighter we have, but I just can't get over the durability and brutal efficiency of the A-10, needless to say I was happy when they extended the planned service to 2028 with the new upgrades.
"An Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II flew a show of force and expended flares for emphasis over Salerno after enemy forces attacked a coalition forward base. The arrival of the aircraft prompted an immediate retreat by enemy personnel."
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Yea, he had some funny stories about problems they had during testing. Apparently the propellant they were using in the bullets for the gun had to be changed. The gun shot so fast that the fumes exiting the barrel would cause the engines to stall.
While we're talking about military planes, this is a cool video. An israeli pilot loses a wing on his f-15 and still manages to land it
Last edited by Hodgie; 04-11-2009 at 02:59 PM.
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That's video is pretty nuts.
Don't the South Koreans have the most advanced version of the Eagle now?
I remember reading something a while ago about the engine flare-outs from the GAU-8, didn't know it was a propellant change that fixed it though.
"An Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II flew a show of force and expended flares for emphasis over Salerno after enemy forces attacked a coalition forward base. The arrival of the aircraft prompted an immediate retreat by enemy personnel."
IBIS
Your both wrong. The F-14 Tomcat is what many fighter pilots want to fly. Earning your top gun wings is the great honor in the air force. The tomcat is so versatile as a mulit-role plane. Plus the 8 mavericks it carries are deadly to anything worth putting on the battlefield.
-The enemy of my enemy is my friend-
IBIS Master
Yea, but it was retired a few years ago. Although retiring an aircraft doesn't always mean it's no longer flown...the SR-71 was also "retired" and given to the CIA. The problem is that you can only do so many upgrades to an existing design. Our aircraft fleet (in design terms) is relatively old. F-14,F-15,F-16 are from the 70's and the F-18 is from the early 80's... I'm not saying they aren't good aircraft and that their upgrades have allowed them to remain effective, but like I said, you can only do so much with a single design.
Last edited by Hodgie; 04-10-2009 at 08:53 PM.
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Sorry if I'm wrong about this (I haven't looked beyond UPT), but isn't Top Gun the Navy school for fighter weapons training?
In any case, I don't care much for Tomcats.
"An Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II flew a show of force and expended flares for emphasis over Salerno after enemy forces attacked a coalition forward base. The arrival of the aircraft prompted an immediate retreat by enemy personnel."
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Tank busters FTW
I have edited my first post to show how much better the forums are with youtube support.
Last edited by ZERO; 04-11-2009 at 01:24 PM.
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They also added two plates to the bottom of the fuselage. They are attached to the bottom of the fuselage and point down. They channel the exhaust from the GAU-8 under the aircraft and keep it from going over the wing and into the engine.
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