The gun the A-10 Warthog uses is a GAU-8/A 30mm cannon, designed and built by General Dynamics. It can fire 4,200 rounds per minute, making easy work of tanks.

The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt. The largest and most powerful single-engine fighter of WWII wasn’t always a sure bet. In its early days, it suffered from range issues and radio failures, but by ...

RARE WWII Republic P-47 Thunderbolt Curtiss Electric Aircraft Propeller Blades: $45000.00 These were found in the back of a 70 year old warehouse which was once owned by a WWII Pilot. This old ...

Project 914 Archives (S.Donacik collection) The First flight of what we today know as the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt took place on 6 May 1941. The ship was designated XP-47B. (The XP-47A had been a ...

Post-war, the P-47 continued to serve with distinction. Despite being pulled from the front lines by the U.S. in 1949, it remained a part of NATO allies’ air forces into the 1950s, with Turkey, ...

Once Japan surrendered in September 1945, the P-47 was re-designated as the F-47. The last US Thunderbolt was pulled from active military duty in 1949 but continued to fly for the Air National ...

The historic single-seat plane, a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, crashed on a part of the river near where a US Airways commercial jet carrying 155 people splash-landed safely in 2009 in what became ...

But when AirCorps Aviation of Bemidji, Minnesota, unveiled a fully-restored Republic P-47D Thunderbolt at the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh in Wisconsin, they were showing off a restomod with wings.

xv, 417 p. : 28 cm Includes index De Seversky : forefather of the P-47 Thunderbolt -- And into the military arena -- Quick success and a rude awakening -- America : the giant goes to sleep -- Export ...

Thunderbolt : a documentary history of the Republic P-47 by Freeman, Roger Anthony Publication date 1979 Topics Thunderbolt (Fighter plane) -- History Publisher New York : Scribner Collection ...