"The Chase"
Nov 16, 2018 20:33:04 #
Nov 16, 2018 20:55:49 #
mvg95101 wrote:
An A-10 and F-86 at the San Bernardino Airiest, 11-4-18.
Thank God for A-10's
Nov 16, 2018 20:58:39 #
Nov 16, 2018 21:04:47 #
Actually, I was thinking about the F-86 Saber, the "last of the gunfighters." Built by North American Aviation.
Nov 16, 2018 21:09:56 #
Nov 16, 2018 21:21:43 #
Nov 16, 2018 21:37:27 #
I will take the A10 any day. I believe that is a 50 Cal. Machine Gun on the knose that can shoot 600 rds. a min. Not sure on the last, rds per minute. It is a tank killer. Last I knew it has a Titanium Tub to protect the pilot. I would like to know if this is all correrect. Never flew one.
Nov 16, 2018 23:12:57 #
Actually I think it is a 37 mm cannon. Great ground support aircraft. I agree with rgrenaderphoto although I believe that the F-104 Starfighter was the last fighter armed only with guns. I welcome corrections on that.
Nov 17, 2018 07:50:55 #
rgrenaderphoto wrote:
Actually, I was thinking about the F-86 Saber, the "last of the gunfighters." Built by North American Aviation.
I remember as a "kid" in 1945 or 6, living a mile from O'Hare Airport, before it was a passenger airport, and seeing F86's come over the house. Everybody would run out to see them! A thrill back then. Of course, when I got to school and we had to stop talking (or teaching) every time a jet passed over, not so much of a thrill. But progress non-the-less!
Nov 17, 2018 12:19:20 #
It's actually a 30mm canon "Gatling" gun in the nose. When you look at it straight on it is offset, I believe because of the torque it produces! Great aircraft!
Nov 17, 2018 18:51:40 #
Bananapuppy
Loc: Sunny Tucson, AZ
Drdale55 wrote:
It's actually a 30mm canon "Gatling" gun in the nose. When you look at it straight on it is offset, I believe because of the torque it produces! Great aircraft!
These A-10s are wonderful aircraft. They fly out of Davis-Monthan air force base here in Tucson (see the DM on the tail). I see them on a daily basis, going on training missions over the desert, and I've "examined" one on the floor at the Pima Air and Space museum here, where they also have an F-86 Saber hanging from the ceiling. And correct, the gun is a 30 mm Gatling-type cannon, but the cycle rate is 4200 rounds per minute of super-hard depleted uranium ordnance (that's why they can penetrate tank armor). You can learn more by doing an internet search. Bp
Nov 17, 2018 18:53:45 #
Nov 18, 2018 00:41:55 #
A10 is a great ground support aircraft. Too bad the air Force brass want to do away with it . I guess it's not a fast flier or pretty enough for them. The proposed replacement is a joke in my mind.
Nov 18, 2018 06:06:19 #
PPP
Loc: Florence
Drdale55 wrote:
It's actually a 30mm canon "Gatling" gun in the nose. When you look at it straight on it is offset, I believe because of the torque it produces! Great aircraft!
It is offset because only the barrel on the centerline of the aircraft fires as it rotates!
Nov 23, 2018 12:19:32 #
rgrenaderphoto wrote:
Actually, I was thinking about the F-86 Saber, the "last of the gunfighters." Built by North American Aviation.
The F-8 Crusader was "the last of the gunfighters."
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