Actually it's the Thunderbolt II, IIRC. The original Thunderbolt being
the P47, another plane built around the concept of applied brute force.
David Savage wrote:
I'm sure the warthogs think their cool, and the mothers think the
littlen's are beautiful :-)
Warthog is it's unofficial working name (officially it's the
Thunderbolt). Like the B-52 Stratofortress, which is not so politely
referred to as the "B.U.F.F.". I'll leave it to you to work that one
out.
Dave "I spent too much time reading about this stuff as a kid" Savage
On 1/4/06, frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 1/3/06, David Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
IMO the A-10 Warthog is one of the coolest looking planes around.
But I've been told I have no taste
Yes.
They call it the Warthog, because those animals are both beautiful and cool.
cheers,
frank
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