Friday, April 30, 2021

I'd make fun of the Russians and their plane design, but then there's the A-10...


 

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  1. Gotta have high landing gear because of the propellers.

    The thing on the nose is a refueling probe.

    The rest, kind of a mish-mash between a B-36 and a B-29 and a B-52. Kind of.

    Still a very fugly aircraft.

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  2. Anhedral wings. I wonder what the roll rate is. More importantly, I wonder why high roll rate is important on a bomber. To escape the blast?

    I'd fly that in a heartbeat. Unless its anything like the AN-2. You need five hands to start that beast.

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  3. Worked on A-10s 2 years, aircraft kicked ass.
    Russian do build strange looking aircraft

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  4. The bear is a pretty remarkable aircraft.

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  5. The A-10 would like to see you in it's office for that remark, it won't be pretty.

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    1. 1952 vs. 1976. Just saying. I loves me some brrrrrrrrrrrrtttt.

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  6. The Tu-95 is one of the loudest military aircraft, particularly because the tips of the propeller blades move faster than the speed of sound.

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    1. Wonder why they couldn't knock-off whatever amount of tip it took to get that mach # below 1?
      BTW I understand the AT-6(WWII) has the same problem.

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    2. Nobody should make fun of an A-10 or Chuck Norris, stay safe my friends.

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  7. Brrrrrrt! Incoming in 3......2......

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  8. There is a legend that summerged submariners could hear them pass overhead.

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