The A-10 will keep flying, no longer in danger

[L_Sludger]

Originally Posted By: Win

Of all the hand me down planes I have seen this group flying, ... F-16, and A-10 - the A-10 was the only one I ever thought I would want to be able to fly.

I imagine the F-16 has to be some kind of wicked fun to fly too.

 

[Astro14]

Sung to the tune of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic"

" By the ring around his eyeball, you can tell a bombardier.

You can tell a bomber pilot by the spreading of his rear.

You can tell a navigator by his sextants, charts, and such.

You can tell a fighter pilot, but you cannot tell him much!"

 

[kschachn]

Originally Posted By: DeepFriar
One of the guys told me they wear them out from just taking them apart to inspect them (holes get bigger, things get rounded off, chafed, broken, unplugged, you name it) let alone flying them.

Yes that is a maintenance-induced failure, and to make it worse it was shown that for some inspections they did not reduce the overall frequency of failure. This was something that MSG-1 through MSG-3 all addressed, trying to formulate indicators of impending failure that actually worked.

 

[andyd]

Thank you for your input Astro 14. The A 10 worked great on obsolete Soviet armor during Desert Storm.