Get your own A-10 Warthog

[spistols]

Very very cool!!!!

 

[Deleted member 79987]

I'd crash it in less than 3 seconds.

With what that thing weighs, I don't think you could even get it off the ground in 3 seconds... @Bypass crashes on taxi... lol. Just joking man.

 

[Gunanddoglover]

Really cool. I'm pretty sure I can't afford one, but I sure do want one.

 

[7pt62THOR]

Hell yeah!

 

[GAgunLAWbooklet]

When WWII ended, my dad and his fellow P-47 fighter pilots were given the chance to buy those airplanes for only $500 plus the Army's cost to ship them or ferry them back to the USA.

One of those would be worth about $20 million today.

But back in 1945 or 1946, $500 was a lot of money.
You could buy an almost-new used car with very low miles for that.
You could buy a 500 square-foot prefabricated garage for your house.
Plus those 2,200 hp engines burned fuel like crazy, and they needed a high performance blend that cost nearly $1 a gallon when regular gas for cars was 20 cents.

P.S. Pic isn't my dad's ship, but it is one from his Fighter Group (368th, and the 397th squadron).

 

[GAgunLAWbooklet]

P.S. The official name for the A10 "Warthog" is the "Thunderbolt II."
It was named after the WW2 era P47 Thunderbolt because both of them were most famous as low level attack and tactical ground support aircraft.
And both of them were tough as nails and could get shot up badly and still fly the pilot home safely.

 

[Deleted member 79987]

That's awesome! Wonder how much...

Good question... couple thousand maybe? Lot more than tree fiddy that’s for sure.

 

[gamadmex4502]

VERY COOL!

 

[mattp38]

Good question... couple thousand maybe? Lot more than tree fiddy that’s for sure.

I bet I could get one for a stippled glock straight up!

 

[mrkistle]

Best GI Joe accessory of all time! Wish they had these when I was 8.