| Manufacturer |
Fairchild |
De Havilland |
| Description |
The Fairchild Republic A-10 , also widely known by the nickname Warthog, is a single-seat, twin-turbofan, straight-wing, subsonic attack aircraft developed by Fairchild Republic for the United States Air Force (USAF). |
The de Havilland DH.110 Sea Vixen is a British twin-engine, twin boom-tailed, two-seat, carrier-based fleet air-defence fighter flown by the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy from the 1950s to the early 1970s. |
| First Flight |
1972-05-10 |
1951-09-26 |
| Entry Into service |
1977-10-01 |
1959-07-01 |
| Production End |
1984-01-01 |
|
| Service End |
|
1972-01-01 |
| Designer |
Fairchild |
De Havilland |
| Type |
Close air support attack aircraft |
Carrier-based fighter |
| Length (m) |
16.26 |
16.764 |
| Height (m) |
4.47 |
3.048 |
| Cockpit Crew |
1 |
2 |
| Max Speed (km/h) |
706 |
1110.447 |
| Cruise Speed (km/h) |
560 |
|
| Min Speed (km/h) |
220 |
|
| Max Ceiling (m) |
13700 |
14630.4 |
| Rate of Climb (m/s) |
30 |
45.72 |
| Armament |
1× 30 mm (1.18 in) GAU-8/A Avenger rotary cannon with 1,174 rounds; 11 (8× under-wing and 3× under-fuselage pylon stations) |
2 × internal launchers for 14 2-inch RP rockets, 28 total; 6 |
| Max Mach (Mach) |
|
0.91 |
| National Origin |
United States of America |
United Kingdom |
| Number Built |
716 |
151 |
| Powerplant Description |
2 × General Electric TF34-GE-100A turbofans, 40.32 kN thrust each |
2 × Rolls-Royce Avon 208 turbojet engines |
| Primary Users |
United States Air Force |
Royal Navy |
| Status |
In service |
|
| Wikipedia Article (URL) |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Sea_Vixen |
| Flat Wing Span (m) |
17.53 |
15.5448 |
| Flat Wing Area (m²) |
47 |
60.2012 |
| Aircraft Engine |
General Electric TF34 |
|
| Number of Engines |
2 |
2 |