Pictures of Aircraft Thread...

[consitter]

Can you call the A10 a true workhorse or do you have to call it a workhog?:Shrug: Workhog just doesn't sound right. :laugh::laugh::laugh: It is an amazing plane that should never have been dropped from our arsenal.

That plane kept a lot of downed pilots from getting captured. It's maneuverability and guns made sure of that.

 

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[dbruce56]

Can you call the A10 a true workhorse or do you have to call it a workhog?:Shrug: Workhog just doesn't sound right. :laugh::laugh::laugh: It is an amazing plane that should never have been dropped from our arsenal.

Luckily, smarter heads prevailed. In January 2016, the USAF revealed it was "indefinitely freezing" plans to retire the A-10 for at least several years.

 

[hogcowboy]

Luckily, smarter heads prevailed. In January 2016, the USAF revealed it was "indefinitely freezing" plans to retire the A-10 for at least several years.

Smart move. I just figured it was one more Obama could chock up of ways he helped tear down our military.

 

[Catfish]

Not a lot of pictures, but some interesting aviation knowledge.

 

[Sully]

F-22 and F-15

 

[Ozarkryder]

Jimmy Doolittle, winner of the 1932 Thompson Trophy with the BeeGee R-2. The GeeBee's were made for air racing and speed record attempts - basically the largest engine they could get with the smallest airframe that would keep them in the air.

 

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[hogcowboy]

They started using converted jet aircraft in California as water tankers before 91 when I left there to finally get back to Texas. I'm not sure what they use here as I've just got too old to volunteer to fight fires.

 

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[ol' school]

Pic of a Ford GT being unloaded from back in the day!!! :good:

 

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The B70 pictured was destroyed in a mid air crash shortly after this pic...

Lost two great pilots in that fireball, Carl Cross, the B-70 co-pilot, and Joe Walker, the pilot of the F-104. RIP.

 

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[hogcowboy]

Was this a concept or the real deal? I just don't remember it.

 

[peteg59]

Was this a concept or the real deal? I just don't remember it.

It was a concept. Not sure who funded it, but it does have a US flag on the starboard tail-fin.