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The predassesor to the "Warthog", the AIE Skyraider which saved our bacon more than once in Vietnam.
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Is that the one they called the Spad?
Bad A$$ bird for sure.
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They lost a few over Viet Nam, a cinematic example is Rescue Dawn. The Skyraider was also called the "Flying Dumptruck."
Between that, the A10 and Puff there is an unbelievable amount of fire power. That does not even count fast movers and whirly birds.
Watch this. Vietnam era pilots getting to fly one more time.
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Sometimes called "Spad", sometimes "Sandy", "Able Dog", "Flying Dumptruck", "The Destroyer".
They were low and slow but could stay on location a long time.
Here's some info.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_A-1_Skyraider
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CONAN.............. Baghdadi's nightmare!
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A10 Thunderbolts, Warthogs, whatever you want to call them, used to fly over our house back in the late 80s/early 90s. We'd run outside when we'd hear them approaching. Eventually they got fresh with us, waving, acrobatics.
I like this pic.
Is that a British carrier?
It sure is. Good eye.
Thanks. At first glance it looked a bit skinny and then the jump ramp made me pretty sure. The reason I asked was because the Chinese use jump ramps too.
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I understand the "Spec Ops" guys used two can to get Al Baghdadi.
As do the Russians and French. US is the only ones with a true flat top. My guess is we have the highest developed catapult system to be able to launch and land with
We got our catapult from the Brits just before WWII started. I suppose it helps when you have a giant nuclear furnace below decks.. 
But the brits went away from the flat top to the ramp and they use nuc power as well.
Thanks Bacpacker. I wonder how many Gs the pilot pulls hitting that ramp. It's got to be at least three even if it is for a fraction of a second.
Catapults have changed. The new ones are electromagnetically fired instead of steam.
I slept under the waist cats for a year. That's probably why I sleep like I am dead.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_Aircraft_Launch_System
I slept under the waist cats for a year. That's probably why I sleep like I am dead.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_Aircraft_Launch_System
Well there you go. Never knew that.
I just saw a pic of the new Brit carrier being moved from the port for sea trails recently. IIRC that will be their only active carrier. Maybe one of 2, but I seem to recall they didn't have any active right now.
I just saw a pic of the new Brit carrier being moved from the port for sea trails recently. IIRC that will be their only active carrier. Maybe one of 2, but I seem to recall they didn't have any active right now.
As strong as that picture is Sentry I just can't like it! Way too humbling to me.
A little US Navy history… The first successful catapult launch of an US aircraft was from a coal barge in 1912. The first successful catapult launch of an aircraft from a US navy ship while underway happened in 1915.
The first successful launch from a Royal Navy ship didn't occur until 1918.
Up until and through ww2 there was a hodge-podge of catapult systems powered mostly by gunpowder, hydraulics or air pressure used by large navies depending on whether the ship in question was a cruiser, battleship or carrier.
The true steam catapults we think of today on carriers weren’t used until after WW2.
The first successful launch from a Royal Navy ship didn't occur until 1918.
Up until and through ww2 there was a hodge-podge of catapult systems powered mostly by gunpowder, hydraulics or air pressure used by large navies depending on whether the ship in question was a cruiser, battleship or carrier.
The true steam catapults we think of today on carriers weren’t used until after WW2.
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