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It's one mean machine
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One of my first jobs in aerospace was finding out why the A-10's Gatling gun would jamb and not rotate. We (taxpayers) bough a half million dollar rotation + compression hydraulic actuator to replicate the gun's motion. Fixed it!
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At an air show about 40 years ago, I was talking with a F111 pilot about flying low level in exercises. He recounted an incident in which they were flying nap of the earth at about 100 feet when a Warthog flew under them at right angles, about 50 feet off the desert.
"Those guys are crazy. " Best Les
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When I used to use the public range in the Ocala National Forest on occasion the A-10s would be doing their target practice a few miles away. Nothing quite like having a cold range and then hearing the "braaap" come from a few miles off....
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There used to be a poster over on the 912bbs that was a Warthog driver for many years before flying for FEDEX.
Had a really nice 912 Targa too. My son got to meet him once when he was back east. Nice guy according to him. Wow, I just googled him and found this: https://www.courant.com/obituaries/stephen-l-meltsner-west-hartford-ct/ RIP Steve.
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The government got its money's worth on the Warthog project. That thing is bada$$.
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I saw them flying practice in Idaho years back. Seemed to defy any sort of physical law. It was spooky/cool what they can do.
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to put it in perspective,
this is the gun assy. out of an A-10 
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06-17-2024, 10:21 AM
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It's fitting it was named Thunderbolt...a role the WWII version filled nicely.
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Had 3 of them come by--super low-- over the ocean @ Amelia Island about a month ago
Assuming they were headed to the Ocala bomb zone Quite a sight to see them at eye level outside of your bedroom window. Badass |
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They can fire depleted uranium bullets (heavier than lead), but I hear they're getting away from that.
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Hm. I just did a little math. Warthogs only carry about 30 seconds of ammunition but that is enough: Sixty-four 30mm rounds per second. Muzzle velocity: 3400 fps. Apparently, whoopass is now available in barrels too.
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I remember an episode of "Wings over the Gulf" docuseries. They were interviewing an A-10 pilot.
Can't recall all of the story but this line stuck with me... "There was a helicopter firing, I came around and put about 15 seconds worth into it...There wasn't much left".
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Growing up around Eglin AFB, we would see A-10s flying around. I can remember at times riding around the neighborhood on our bicycles, me and my friends, and I would hear them testing the guns, and it always sounded like a giant cat purring.
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