I mean the one in the painting on the wall behind the guy.
Maybe made by Vought (the two desk models are Vought planes)
Looks like a ground attack aircraft – lots of weapons pylons under the wings
Twin jets mounted very similar to an A-10 Thunderbolt.
Possibly a 3rd engine, or anyway some kind of big honkin’ air scoop, under the nose.
It’s a joke painting. Vought A-7 fuselage with A-10 wings & empennage.
IIRC the AX prototypes (A-9 & A-10) had to prove themselves superior to the A-7DII in order to be considered for the final selection trials.
Probably someones joke about how Vought could keep making mud-movers for the USAF.
Is this a serious answer? I’m not real sure, and it doesn’t particularly look like an A-10 wing, and not at all like the tail.
Yep, it’s a serious answer, I’d say.
The nose is distinctively an A-7. The tail is a combination of the A-7’s single vertical stabiliser, and the A-10’s twin.
The wing is pure A-10, straight with the undercarriage pods a bit out from the fuselage.
It looks like a descendant of this plane.
Fubaya
August 1, 2012, 3:36am
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It’s a joke airplane drawn from the A-7 and A-10. I think I’ve seen the same question here or elsewhere before.
Yes, and I pulled the screen shot from the same program mentioned in that thread.
Pretty bad documentary, BTW, a lot of incorrect information and sloppy script. They even got the number of Japanese carriers sunk at Midway wrong.
Kevbo
August 1, 2012, 3:19pm
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Very obviously a jackalope . The cockpit and aerodynamics have been compromised to make room for an engine air inlet that is not connected to an engine.
It was, and remains, a 7-10 Split.
It might not be an A-10 wing, but it’s sure as hell not an A-7 wing. There’s more than a little artistic license on the artist’s part.
I vote: until someone comes up with a photograph of this machine, it’s a joke painting.
Boyo_Jim:
I mean the one in the painting on the wall behind the guy.
Maybe made by Vought (the two desk models are Vought planes)
Looks like a ground attack aircraft – lots of weapons pylons under the wings
Twin jets mounted very similar to an A-10 Thunderbolt.
Possibly a 3rd engine, or anyway some kind of big honkin’ air scoop, under the nose.
The planes on the desk are Vought Corsairs: the F4U Corsair, and the A-7 Corsair II.
I hate you and will hate you for at least another 30 seconds.
I’m going to send an email to the Voight museum about it. I’ll let you know when I hear back from them.
Is that where they display Jon Voight’s Oscar?
Fantastic! I was bowled over!
Despite the widespread availability of spares, eventually the military abandoned the 7-10 Split in favor of strike fighters.
No, but I think his car is there.
Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker:
pssst!
What does that have to do with me riffing on how you misspelled “Vought?”