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Subject: A-10 "Warthog" Thunderbolt II
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Date: 26 Oct 89 01:27:48 GMT
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demodmb@iitmax.iit.edu (Dean M. Bleess) says:

> avoid damage if it becomes necessary to land gear up.  The engines are moun
> where they are to help block much of the heat signature of the engines.

I have a small plastic model of the A-10, and if you hold it at an angle
like that of a ground observer, you see that the wing blocks your view of
the engine intakes the entire time the plane passes overhead.  I presume
the main reason for this is to protect the compressor blades.