Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I currently teach survival and life support for the USAF. One joke about the A-10 is it is the only aircraft in the inventory that has bird strikes from the rear..:) jh James Harrison leicajh@earthlink.net Why Wait? Move to EarthLink. > [Original Message] > From: Clive Moss <chmphoto@sbcglobal.net> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Date: 9/1/2003 6:51:03 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] LUG anti-gun ? > > Nope. It means that if you fire for long enough under full throttle in > level flight, the A-10 will come to a halt and fall out of the air. Bummer > if you are in it. > > At 02:19 PM 9/1/2003, Dan C wrote: > >OK.....I'm up to the challenge... > > > >9,000 + 9,000 = 19,000? > > > >dan c. > > > >At 02:30 PM 01-09-03 -0400, you wrote: > > >nice, but the king is the GAU-8: > > > > > >http://www.securityarms.com/20010315/galleryfiles/0900/929.htm > > > > > >the A-10 is built around this behemoth, and when it fires it > > >produces 19,000 lbs of recoil. each of the two engines on the > > >A-10 produces 9,000 lbs of thrust. do the math. > > -- > Clive > http://clive.moss.net > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html