"Roger Smith" wrote in message
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(1) Actually those big fan engines have always worried me, I
have always thought that stuff designed/targeted to explode just above
and in front of the A10 so that the engines run through all the
debris/shrapnel would be extremely effective, as a bonus for such
targeting the top of an A10 is (AIUI) barely any tougher than any other
combat plane.

Don't worry about the engines; their position protects them (take a look at
a side-on image) very well. The only real problem with the A-10 is the
single-seat design; very high workload as it's involved in the most intense
operations.


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Alan Erskine