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Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar VH-CAC
Lockheed 18 Lodestar VH-CAC
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A year later, in 1953, the aircraft was sold to the USA as N4848V to be re-manufactured as Learstar executive aircraft by the Lear Corporation.

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Originally Posted by widebody911 (Post 7955734)

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saw one like that last weekend

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I am thinking there is alcohol involved with this.

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Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy (Post 7953728)

Worked with a lot of A-10 guys, they are great airplanes but old airplanes. Over the last decade they have gotten significant upgrades for mission capability and new wings (old airplane remember), but they are still at the core a 30+ year old plane. Talking to A-10 mechanics, they spend far more hours wrenching on the planes than they actually spend in the air. Like most USAF planes they are very labor intensive.

Modern cockpit?;)

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Photo of a friend of mine, taken by a great photographer that I have worked with many times (high-g productions, has a great calendar btw).

http://www.high-g.com/productions/as...wslider2/5.jpg

How modern do you need for a CAS weapon that fires these? You need a screen for the Maverick and a way to track laser designated targets with the Pave Penny pod. It is a weapons system we don't have a replacement for. Back in the 80s it was thought the F16 could replace it, now the F35 if it ever goes into full production. As far as I know, there isn't a way to decoy a 30mm round headed your way.

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30 years? How old is the BUFF?

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Originally Posted by mjohnson (Post 7953442)

Making up for the lack of a photo...

Mounted shooting at the "End of the Trail" SASS championships:
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Um... uh... should that guy be standing there?

I know it is a telephoto picture and all but that seems dangerous.

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Originally Posted by widebody911 (Post 7956019)

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Gunner and machine gun up front, I seem to remember they were flown w/o defensive armament for weight savings.....

I read that book in 1954, if I remember correctly. I still remember some of it. Sorry no pic.

Blanks, get when you enter usually.
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