Post amazingly cool pictures of aircraft (Volume 2)
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MartG said:
irocfan said:
NM62 said:
No need Tootles - it's just that I am old enough to remember the competition and I have always liked the A-10.
In all honesty I get the impression that the only people who don't like the A10 are the generals who were likely to miss out on industry kickbacks/sinecures because the 'hog did everything it said on the tin and was (relatively) cheapZahc said:
eccles said:
Ah, bits of structure and sheet metal I'm intimately aquainted with! Not much in that photo I've not had apart and replaced at some point!
I know what you mean. Pretty much my home for last 12 years up 'til last year.eccles said:
smack said:
ChemicalChaos said:
What was the cost and man hours to keep them polished up when they were bare alloy, though?
It saves fuel, but you have to wash them more, polish, and still paint it. So it is not seen as a cost saving in reality.An American Trans Air Tristar captain told me they saved 3 tons of fuel on a transatlantic crossing after the aircraft was polished.
I have a small amount of it on my jetskis, it's two years old now and still beading very nicely when wet!
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