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Re: Building the A10 Thunderbolt "Warthog"
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Wed, 19 Jul 2000 23:51:51 GMT
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In lugnet.build, Jeremy H. Sproat writes:
> 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. :-)
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> Ouch. ;-) 'Course, if it went off at that moment, they'd never find my head,
> or even my torso, for that matter.
Actually, a blast like that would probably pretty much vaporize the head, but
the body would remain. Might be a little messy...
> > > _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.
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> 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...)
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> Waitaminute...
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> [searches www]
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> 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.
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> Anyway, the article summary is here:
> http://www.airspacemag.com/ASM/Mag/Index/1999/FM/Contents.html
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> They sell back issues, but I'm pretty sure that Fair Use would let me throw a
> photocopy your way.
Great mag. Always a good read. I might pop over to the local library and see
if that back issue is available. If not, I might take you up on that offer.
Thanks for that link. Now I find I need to get more of Quicktime loaded to
see which clip they have. :-/
Like the clip text says, the demonstration I saw was in the Nevada desert as
well. It was pretty cool. They had a full rehearsal for a live fire
demonstration they called The Gathering of Eagles. Something like 80
Greyhound buses of VIP's, hosted by Jimmy Stewart.
Of course, we only saw the rehearsal the day before, but that was still
great. Live 2000 pound laser guided bombs (I loaded!) dropped on a 'house'
about 2 miles away. It was cool to see the bombs as they 'flew' down,
correcting their trajectory for a dead-on hit. Then an immense explosion in
utter silence. Soon after you feel the ground shock, and then the blast wave
hits. Even at that distance, you *really* feel the power.
An F-111 dropping 24 live 500 pounders on a simulated runway in a long,
thundering ripple. Live AIM-9's destroying poor, defenseless flares
(supposedly, the full show featured AIM-9's hitting a drone).
And of course 2 A-10's pulverizing several trucks with inert ammo. Inert
because the trucks were right in front of the stands. Very close, in your face
distance. I would *not* want to have been in those trucks.
The full show was supposed to have a bunch of other stuff, like dogfights, an
appearance by the Confederate Air Force, and, I think, the T-Birds.
Would've been a great time to be a VIP.
-- Terry K --
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| (...) Ouch. ;-) 'Course, if it went off at that moment, they'd never find my head, or even my torso, for that matter. (...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jul-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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