MORE random pics......

[GH85Carrera]

[johnco]

Originally Posted by widebody911

saw one like that last weekend

[GH85Carrera]

I am thinking there is alcohol involved with this.

[widebody911]

[flipper35]

Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy

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?



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).

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.

[Joe Bob]

30 years? How old is the BUFF?

[GH85Carrera]

[scottmandue]

Originally Posted by mjohnson

Making up for the lack of a photo...

Mounted shooting at the "End of the Trail" SASS championships:

Um... uh... should that guy be standing there?

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

[Joe Bob]

Originally Posted by widebody911

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

[Evans, Marv]

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

[GH85Carrera]

[John Rogers]

Blanks, get when you enter usually.
Random:

[Moses]

[GH85Carrera]

[kach22i]

Grant Geissman: World class guitarist/composer - Book Projects, Foul Play

[GH85Carrera]

[Joe Bob]

Oi, danger, Will Robinson......

[GH85Carrera]

[oldE]

Originally Posted by Joe Bob

30 years? How old is the BUFF?

First flew in '52
Entered service in '55.

Behold the aluminum overcast.


Best
Les

[Joe Bob]

Older than me, still flying and STILL a big uglee fat fuchs.