Local women lands damaged A-10 !

TrailerParkJawa · Post by **TrailerParkJawa** » 2003-04-10 10:26am

One of the damaged A-10's in Iraq was flown by the daughter of a San Jose city council member. Its a good story and there are links for pictures too.

SJ MERCURY STORY

http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/ ... 592254.htm

PICTURES OF DAMAGE TO A-10

http://www.a-10.org/

Nathan F · Post by **Nathan F** » 2003-04-10 10:34am

That's tha' hog for you.

Any less of a plane would have fallen apart in the sky.

Long live the warthog!

paladin · Post by **paladin** » 2003-04-10 11:36am

A-10, a flying tank!

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2003-04-10 11:41am

I think some pilots will trade their F-16,F-18 and other faster model for the A-10.

Utsanomiko · Post by **Utsanomiko** » 2003-04-10 11:57am

Is it just me, or are female fighter pilots one of the coolest concepts ever? They should have been flying a hell of a lot sooner than '93, if you ask me.

jegs2 · Post by **jegs2** » 2003-04-10 12:41pm

Just sent Mike a PPT slideshow concerning this bird.

Nathan F · Post by **Nathan F** » 2003-04-10 01:00pm

jegs2 wrote:Just sent Mike a PPT slideshow concerning this bird.

Can ya send it to me, too?

Companion Cube · Post by **Companion Cube** » 2003-04-10 03:26pm

Wow

Captain Campbell sure got lucky...though come to think of it that had more skill than luck involved...

jegs2 · Post by **jegs2** » 2003-04-10 03:52pm

Nathan F wrote:
jegs2 wrote:Just sent Mike a PPT slideshow concerning this bird.
Can ya send it to me, too?

I'm hoping Mike will post it when he gets home from work so everyone can see it.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2003-04-10 04:01pm

NASA starts Mercury Program.

first run of tests discover that due to the bodyfat, and extra pint of blood women make better pilots/astronauts....

Air Force and NASA classify the report until the late 1980's.

any questions.

SpacedTeddyBear · Post by **SpacedTeddyBear** » 2003-04-10 09:22pm

Cool, she graduated from the same Highschool i did. I think i know her little brother too......

TrailerParkJawa · Post by **TrailerParkJawa** » 2003-04-11 01:07am

SpacedTeddyBear wrote:Cool, she graduated from the same Highschool i did. I think i know her little brother too......

I lived near there for 10 years before moving to Fremont.

I saw in the news today that one of the Marines that helped pull down the statue of Sadam in the news yesterday is from the Bay Area too.