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Old 30-01-05, 11:32 AM   #44
legion
I took both pills.
 
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Primary Function A-10 -- close air support, OA-10 - airborne forward air control
Contractor Fairchild Republic Co.
Power Plant Two General Electric TF34-GE-100 turbofans
Thrust 9,065 pounds each engine
Length 53 feet, 4 inches (16.16 meters)
Height 14 feet, 8 inches (4.42 meters)
Wingspan 57 feet, 6 inches (17.42 meters)
Speed 420 miles per hour (Mach 0.56)
Ceiling 45,000 feet (13,636 meters)
Maximum Takeoff Weight 51,000 pounds (22,950 kilograms)
Range 800 miles (695 nautical miles)


757

Passengers
Typical 2-class configuration
Typical 1-class configuration

243
280
Cargo 2,370 cu ft (67.1 cu m)
Engines
maximum thrust

Rolls-Royce RB211-535E4B
43,500 lb (193.5 kN)

Pratt & Whitney PW2037
36,600 lb (162.8 kN)

Pratt & Whitney PW2040
40,100 (178.4kN)

Pratt & Whitney PW2043
42,600 lb (189.4 kN)
Maximum Fuel Capacity 11,466 gal (43,400 l)
Maximum Takeoff Weight 272,500 lb (123,600 kg)
Maximum Range 3,395 nautical miles (6,287 km)
Cruise Speed Mach 0.80



1) note the difference in thrust rate
2) you failed your last physical didn't you? if you don't hear an A10 coming you must have some sort of a hearing problem. Planes don't come more sub sonic than the A-10
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