WHAT is it, man?

[moonbutter2]

Just an simple question,

What type of plane is this and did it fly in combat?'

Moon

 

[Discus]

Just an simple question,

What type of plane is this and did it fly in combat?'

Moon

It inmediately occured to me that it had some resemblence with the A-10 Thunderbolt II. Low speed close air support mission specific type. A search in wikipedia for the A-10 competition and...
voila:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_YA-9

Cheers, Discus

 

[tonybones2112]

Looks like a certain Soviet ground support, think someone might have stolen something?

Bonesky

 

[Ghostrider]

Very reminiscent of the Frogfoot... Turnabout's fair play, right?

 

[Cowboy1968]

Yes it is the competitor to the A-10, IT is the Northrop YA-9.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_YA-9
http://www.aero-web.org/specs/northrop/ya-9a.htm