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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/

That's tha' hog for you.

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

Long live the warthog!

A-10, a flying tank!

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

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.

Just sent Mike a PPT slideshow concerning this bird.

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

Can ya send it to me, too?

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

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.

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.

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

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.