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Re: Building the A10 Thunderbolt "Warthog"
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lugnet.build, lugnet.general
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Wed, 19 Jul 2000 17:43:45 GMT
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JSPROAT@IOihatespam.COM
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Terry K wrote:
> In lugnet.build, Jeremy H. Sproat writes:
> > I recently (a few years ago) put my head up to the muzzle (good thing
> > it was parked and unloaded, eh? :-)
> Some might think it would have been a *good* thing if that gun was loaded. :-)
Ouch. ;-) 'Course, if it went off at that moment, they'd never find my head,
or even my torso, for that matter.
> > _Smithsonian_ magazine had a fun article on the A-10 a year or two ago,
> Dang. Missed that. Yeah, it probably was propaganda, but I would've liked to
> read it.
We're still unpacking from the move, but I'll try to find it and give you an
exact reference. I could even throw a photocopy your way, if you don't mind
losing image quality on the pictures (stuff I'm sure you've seen before...)
Waitaminute...
[searches www]
Found it. _Air & Space Smithsonian Magazine_, February / March 1999 issue.
Article titled "Old Hog, New Tricks". Fun magazine, that. Wish I had a
subscription starting a few years back.
Anyway, the article summary is here:
http://www.airspacemag.com/ASM/Mag/Index/1999/FM/Contents.html
They sell back issues, but I'm pretty sure that Fair Use would let me throw a
photocopy your way.
Cheers,
- jsproat
--
Jeremy H. Sproat <jsproat@io.com> ~~~ http://www.io.com/~jsproat/
Uh, two. Including this one.
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| (...) loaded. :-) (...) Actually, a blast like that would probably pretty much vaporize the head, but the body would remain. Might be a little messy... (...) to (...) Great mag. Always a good read. I might pop over to the local library and see if (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jul-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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| (...) Some might think it would have been a *good* thing if that gun was loaded. :-) And that gun is huge. I forget how long it is, but it is long. But you really don't have to worry about the length, as all that is really visible is the very end. (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jul-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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