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To: Regulator

That’s the plane we need!
Just add some all-weather attack capability - maybe in pods to keep the unit price down and increase flexibility. It’s time for “The Return of the Spad!”


26 posted on 08/27/2009 7:35:14 AM PDT by Little Ray (Obama is a kamikaze president aimed at the heart of this Republic.)
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To: Little Ray
Just add some all-weather attack capability - maybe in pods to keep the unit price down and increase flexibility. It’s time for “The Return of the Spad!”

Actually, the A-1 Skyraider (in the Navy) was always referred to as a 'Spad' by the Scooter jockeys on the USS Intrepid on Yankee Station. Redshirts always called it a Flying Dumptruck because of all the ordinance we had to upload to it. Scooters were a snap, a couple of racks of snake-eye Mk. 82's, and a belt of 20mm and you were done. Spads could take forever, and took a team all to itself. Gun Pods, AP Mine Pods, Daisy Cutters, Rocket Pods, and a freakin' butt-load of 20mm in the wing-mounts. Jeez ...

Oh, and 'Sandy' was the mission call-sign for RESCAP, (REScue Combat Air Patrol), not the nickname for the plane.

94 posted on 08/27/2009 9:51:10 AM PDT by Right Winged American (No matter how Cynical I get, I just can't keep up!)
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To: Little Ray

Sorry, the all weather mod is not available at this time - check back after the deficit goes back down into the billions, and after the hyperinflation ends...


118 posted on 08/27/2009 5:47:52 PM PDT by PIF
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