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Old 11-26-2006, 19:40 PM   #226 (permalink)
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Oh yes! I always assumed they lost the shark teeth when they dropped the camo paint.

Grey sucks.
The shark mouth suits the A-10 even better than it did the P-40 with its 30mm cannon.
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Old 11-27-2006, 04:21 AM   #227 (permalink)
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In terms of loss per sortie it suffered the highest loss rate of USN aircraft, and Vigi crews made up nearly 10 per cent of the USN POW population.

http://www.bobjellison.com/RA5C_Vigilante4.htm

Eventually, the Vigilantes did go North, suffering the highest loss rate of any Naval aircraft in the war. In all, eighteen Vigilantes were lost in combat.


• 11 were lost to antiaircraft fire.
• 2 were shot down by SA-2 Guideline surface-to-air missiles (SAM's).
• 1 was lost to an Atoll missile fired from a MiG-21 fighter.
• 4 were lost for unknown reasons, over N. Vietnam.
• 1 other aircraft was lost for unknown reasons, not over N. Vietnam.
Why were the Vigis lost at such a high rate? You mentioned it looked more or less the same as other aircraft on radar. Was it the type of mission? Low speed (seemed unlikely as it was designed for high speed)? Low manuverability?
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Old 11-27-2006, 10:37 AM   #228 (permalink)
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Why were the Vigis lost at such a high rate? You mentioned it looked more or less the same as other aircraft on radar. Was it the type of mission? Low speed (seemed unlikely as it was designed for high speed)? Low manuverability?
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Another record is a sad, but proud, one. The RA-5C had the highest loss rate of any Navy aircraft during the Vietnam War. Twenty-three Vigilantes went down. The loss rate had nothing to do with the airplane itself but was the hazard of its primary mission; pre- and post-strike photography. Getting in before a major Alfa strike was relatively easy; there was an element of surprise and the Vietnamese gunners were waiting for the attack aircraft. It was getting the vital bomb damage assessment (BOA) photos that was risky. The smoke and dust from bombs took 10 minutes to clear, so the Vigilante would wait to come back over the target. This was also how long it took for the gunners to reload their weapons. The exact target was obvious, and the sky above would be filled with flak.
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Old 11-27-2006, 12:24 PM   #230 (permalink)
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LCA is a Mary Ann. Gripen's a Ginger...
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I hate when civilian pilots plaster that on their planes.

It would have been much cooler in actual VMO markings.
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It was supposed to replace the F14. Too bad the program was cancelled.
yah..that plane would've owned...and people would've joined the navy to fly that, now everyone's gonna join the air force for the F/A-22 -.-
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Old 12-01-2006, 19:44 PM   #235 (permalink)
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A few older planes with very nice lines...

Beech 17



Kawasaki Ki-61 (yes, this a model, but it shows off the lines)



Macchi 202/205 series



Heston Racer



...and the jet with the nicest lines. Even better looking in raspberry ripple, but I couldn't find a shot

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