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Let's talk fighter jets, in two parts! Scott Davis, callsign "Lurch", is a fighter pilot with over 3600 flight hours in the F-15, F-16, F-18 and F-22 fighters. He's also attended and instructed at the TOPGUN courses in both US Navy and US Air Force. He now works for Lockheed Martin in the Nordics and he came on our show to talk to us about his career and the F-35, which is the new fighter jet for the Finnish Air Force.
In this first part of the series we talk about Scott's career through TOPGUN schools and what it was like to write the playbook for the first 5th generation fighters. We also discuss the differences between generations and especially how the 4th and 5th generation airframes differ. What's dog fighting like in a 4th generation versut 5th generation airplane?
It's been a long time since I flew either the F-16 (1000 hrs) or F/A-18 (400 hrs), but after four years in each jet, I discuss what I liked and disliked about both of them, and finally answer the question - which did I like more?
The A-10 Thunderbolt II, better known as the Warthog, is renowned for its massive 30mm GAU-8 Avenger rotary cannon. But for a short time in the twilight of the Cold War, the Air Force wanted to know if it could replace the low-and-slow Warthog by strapping a variant of the same massive gun to the light-and-nimble F-16. Let's talk about the A-16, the F/A-16, and the 30mm gunpod these efforts produced.
Helical magazine=esimerkiksi kierresyöttölipas.GAU-8:sta tehtiin nelipiippuinen versio, jotta siitä saatiin kevyempi. Tämä asennettiin rungon alle tulevaan erilliseen podiin, jossa ammukset olivat aseen ympärillä vähän kuin helical tyyppisessä lippaassa. En nyt keksi parempaa sanaa tuon ”helical” sanan tilalle.
Videon kuvauksesta löytyy mittava lähdeluettelo.
US F-16s actually saw combat carrying the A-10's massive cannon
F-16s carrying the A-10's 30mm cannon actually saw combat
The Air Force once tried mounting the A-10's massive 30mm cannon on the F-16 to replace the Warthog in the Close Air Support role.www.sandboxx.us