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From: muratla...@gmail.com (Jim Wilkins)
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by: Jim Wilkins - Thu, 11 Apr 2024 17:00 UTC

After a rant on the Avro Arrow I looked for similar aircraft that weren't
cancelled and found the A-5. After ballistic missiles obsoleted its original
role it was repurposed into recon. They had a high loss rate over Vietnam
though that wouldn't have affected a land based interceptor. How useful
really was it?

https://tacairnet.com/2014/12/29/the-missiles-deadliest-kill/

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by: a425couple - Thu, 11 Apr 2024 17:22 UTC

On 4/11/24 10:00, Jim Wilkins wrote:
> After a rant on the Avro Arrow I looked for similar aircraft that
> weren't cancelled and found the A-5. After ballistic missiles obsoleted
> its original role it was repurposed into recon. They had a high loss
> rate over Vietnam though that wouldn't have affected a land based
> interceptor. How useful really was it?
>
> https://tacairnet.com/2014/12/29/the-missiles-deadliest-kill/
>

They sure looked neat and wonderful though!

While I was overseas, and when I was safe in Okinawa,
and for years afterward back home I was on a
1/700 scale navy ship building binge.
One of my aircraft carriers had some of those A-5
on deck.

<liiwi> udp - universal dropping of an pigeon

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Re: A-5 Vigilante useful?	a425couple