According to Mark Felton, top German ace Hans-Ulrich Rudel "consulted in the development of the American A-10 Thunderbolt tank busting aircraft" (8:33).
According to Mark Felton, top German ace Hans-Ulrich Rudel "consulted in the development of the American A-10 Thunderbolt tank busting aircraft" (8:33).
Is the boy you were proud of the man you are?
Fimbo iliyo mkononi, ndio iuwayo nyoka!
Long live the A-10!
https://www.military.com/daily-news/...C=eb_201210.nlLawmakers Just Saved Dozens of A-10 Warthogs from the Boneyard
Is the boy you were proud of the man you are?
Fimbo iliyo mkononi, ndio iuwayo nyoka!
Ancient History - 40 years ago or so I spent time at Edwards troubleshooting our equipment on a 2-seat A-10 that was equipped with a raster head-up display and Westinghouse radar providing terrain following capability. Fairchild was trying to sell this configuration to Saudi Arabia, but never succeeded in doing so. We provided the updated HUD and simple fire control; that Gau-8 gatling gun could really reach out and touch the bad guys. If you're in the avionics business as a relative youngster there is nothing like crawling around military aircraft, think A-10, F-14, A-6, F-15, F-18, F-22, F-117, B-2, and XXX.
Is the boy you were proud of the man you are?
Fimbo iliyo mkononi, ndio iuwayo nyoka!
This thread always fuggin delivers. Still my favorite plane.Originally Posted by Andy in NH
Rudel's influence on the A-10 is wildly exagerated. Mark Felton is fun but he rarely goes too deep on his research.
Apparently, Pierre Sprey (onetime Fighter Mafia blowhard, non-pilot, non-engineer, non-military buddy of Col. Boyd and lastly a record producer of all things) recommended that everyone involved on the A-X program read Rudel's book. That's it as far as I could find on his influence.
Rather than repeat an earlier rant of mine in its entirety: suffice to say the autobiography on an unrepentant Nazi who literally put in his unverified combat claims for medals, profit, and Nazi glory is a bad place to start for anything at all. Repeating myself, he was a weasel.
My apologies to weasels.
PS: I love the A-10.
My apologies to weasels.
Pics of the "Heritage Hawg"
https://www.dvidshub.net/image/6661120/heritage-hawg
From Older Offspring after a discussion of coffee:
"If it doesn't come from the Kaffa province of Ethiopia, it's just hot roasted-bean juice."
The heritage A-10 bears the name of Flight Officer William Gorman, the only member of the 405th Fighter Squadron never laid to rest by his comrades, he went Missing In Action on 7 August 1944.
"You can't win a war with choirboys. " Mad Mike Hoare
Very cool! Never thought I'd see Invasion Stripes on an A10.
Adam
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