Recently finished this little gem up, I’m not sure why but this has always been amongst one of my favorite jets ever created.
Vought’s A-7 is one of the world’s most cost/effective and capable attack aircraft ever flown. Although derived from Vought’s legendary F-8 Crusader, the A-7 is a completely different aircraft. Limiting speed to below Mach 1 and eliminating other features of the F-8 dramatically reduced structural weight and cost, allowing the A-7 to carry three times the Crusader’s weapon load and deliver it extremely efficiently and with unprecedented accuracy. The A-7 has seen service in numerous conflicts and performed very well in the attack role – in US service in Vietnam it achieved one of the lowest aircraft loss rates. Today A-7s are still in service with two countries.
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And here’s some of the references I used when making this model:
