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[Racerbvd]

$18k takes this non matching #s 69 Big Block Vette project. Pm me for contact info







https://youtu.be/ymOpQTUD0UY

[cashflyer]

Originally Posted by KNS

I was reading an article not long ago in Aviation Week & Space Technology and they were interviewing a guy who runs one of the Govt. contracting firms that provide support to the troops in Afghanistan. He was asked what kind of Close Air Support
aircraft would be useful to the guys in theater - he replied: "Something like a Skyraider".

Probably why we have been shipping a lot of A-29 Super Tucanos over there.

Power: 1,600 shp
Payload: 3,307 lb

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[yellowperil]

[abisel]

We already have a very capable close air support aircraft (CAS) in current inventory that has proved itself in combat. Just got to convince the powers to be that is it paid for, is getting re-winged by Boeing and does it's job very very well. No need to retire it.

It is called the A-10.

It can carry a butt-load of ordnance, and loiter around the target area for hours.
https://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/a-10.htm

[stomachmonkey]

[Por_sha911]

Originally Posted by abisel

We already have a very capable close air support aircraft (CAS) in current inventory that has proved itself in combat. Just got to convince the powers to be that is it paid for, is getting re-winged by Boeing and does it's job very very well. No need to retire it.

It is called the A-10.

And is heavily armored and has triple redundant systems so the pilot comes back alive.

[R K T]

[wdfifteen]

Originally Posted by yellowperil

Massey-Harris Pony
Ford 2N
Cockshutt (Oliver) 60

In case you wondered.

[Joe Bob]

Originally Posted by abisel

We already have a very capable close air support aircraft (CAS) in current inventory that has proved itself in combat. Just got to convince the powers to be that is it paid for, is getting re-winged by Boeing and does it's job very very well. No need to retire it.

It is called the A-10.

It can carry a butt-load of ordnance, and loiter around the target area for hours.
https://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/a-10.htm

Compare the operating costs of the A-10 and a SkyRaider....they should be still making them. While not as bullet proof, they did some mods on it after Korea and and they rival the A-10 for durability and ordnance delivery.

[bugstrider]

Nevada:
Where passengers ride topless on Harley Davidson's........ not really but it sure looked like it. At least she is wearing a helmet




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[bugstrider]

Saw this yesterday. New one to me.







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[JackDidley]

Looks like an I8.

[cashflyer]

It can carry a butt-load of ordnance, and loiter around the target area for hours.

And is heavily armored and has triple redundant systems so the pilot comes back alive.

And hasn't been produced new since 1984.
And was base priced at $18m in 1984 dollars.

What are you proposing? That we sell OUR a-10s to foreign operators?

For FMS, the A-29 makes the best option. $9m to $14m delivered.
Less complex systems, making it easier to put pilots in and easier to support at forward operating areas.
Single PT6 engine, which is abundant and easily supported by a global network.
Airframe currently in production and relatively easy to get parts for.
Cruise speed within 20 kts of the A-10, and has a larger combat radius than the A-10.
Etc.

But it lacks the big-ass gun of an A-10.
It only has (2) M3P .50 cal machine guns in each wing.

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[Seahawk]

I am making composite components for these guys...they took a crop duster design and make it really lethal:

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