And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
usually shears the PSRU gears if running when it hit the ground. if not running, it depends. also depends on how many spare engines you have in the hangar. takes less time to change the engine than to change a cylinder. flying brick shithouse with bombs and guns.
A-10 ?
ReplyDeleteThe P-47 could take a lot of damage and still bring you home.
ReplyDeleteDouglass A-1 Skyraider. The pilot's survival vest and the scoop in front of the canopy give it away.
ReplyDeleteNicknamed "SPAD" for being as slow as a WWI fighter.
ReplyDeleteSingle Place AD, sheesh!
ReplyDeleteHere ya go folks. Read all about it:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.skyraider.org/skyassn/warstor/badnews/badnews.htm
And if you can re-use the plane, it was a *great* one. :-)
ReplyDeleteWill that buff out LL?
ReplyDeleteSlap on a new prop and give it a wash and wax. A-1s were tough old birds......
ReplyDeleteShoot, we get boats with props like that all the time.Most bend the shafts beyond use. Does damaging the prop like that mess up the crank shaft ?
ReplyDeleteusually shears the PSRU gears if running when it hit the ground. if not running, it depends. also depends on how many spare engines you have in the hangar. takes less time to change the engine than to change a cylinder. flying brick shithouse with bombs and guns.
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